What's the strangest reason a player has missed a football match?
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Some players have been injured due to some very bizarre incidents.
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Imagine Getting so exited for the world cup and then missing for a stupid reason
We don’t have to imagine. That’s what happened.
@Jayfive276 I feel like, maybe, he meant imagine it happened to you. Just a thought though.
Did it happen to you?????? @@Jayfive276
@@Jayfive276that was YOU?!
That was Josh Silver who played for Typanegtiv FC
If you were wondering, yes, Cañizares' injury is the reason Iker Casillas became Spain's keeper from that point onward.
Damnnn I'm still a child back then playing PES having both in spanish teams wondering why canizares not the first choice (casillas was so young back then and canizares stats is very good at pes game back then). Coincidence creates a legacy for casillas, what a legend
Ever Banega forgot to put the handbrake on and ran over his own foot with his car, pinning his ankle against the curb and fracturing his tibia and fibula. He was out for six months.
Reminds me of an American Football player named Nate Burleson who broke his arm trying to save his pizza in a car accident
Banega is a known idiot
Story goes he tried to STOP the car with HIS LEG. Making genius decisions is a pitch-only thing for him it seems.
Another ex-Valencia? Damn....
Brian Harvey taking notes
Rio ferdinand picked up a tendon strain in his knee watching television. He had his foot up on a coffee table for a number of hours and ended up injured.
>professional athlete
>gets injured watching telly
@@azarisLPnot so professional after all
Marcelo got called up for election duty in Madrid Municipal elections in 2021 and missed a Champions League Semi-final against Chelsea.
He didn't end up missing the game... He reported for duty as required in the morning but a second backup monitor volunteered to take his place. He was on the subs bench as Chelsea won 2-0
Kai Havertz missing his first CL match due to homework
Source, so hilarious 😂😂
@Alex4everJugon I'm pretty sure there was an interview
I would add Yoann Gourcuff, who got injured while taking out his dog in 2014, Maximiliano Caufriez who suffered from cuts on his foot after using his lawn mower at Sint-Truiden on an April 1st, Or Lionel Letizi, who blocked his back when playing Scrabble with other PSG players.
You should work these lot atp
What is it about lawnmower injuries? Charlie George cut off his finger with a lawnmower 😂
Sadilek (FC Twente and Czech Republic player) missed last years Euro’s because he had an accident on a go-kart going down hill just for fun, a few days before the first match of The Czech Republic. He played his first game after the accident this November for FC Twente, but missed everything from the Euro’s
Am I the only one that feels like popping that pimple?
It was a really bad ingrown hair if I'm not wrong
@tenpennytv which can be awfully painful
Kirk Broadfoot was attempting to poach an egg in the microwave, he heated water in a glass jug, mistaking it as microwave safe and upon opening the microwave, the glass exploded, scalding his cheek.
It is often mistaken that he was scalded by an exploding egg; though through his own admission, he hadn't gotten that far into the cooking process.
This all happened while he was out injured though.
Yeah this is a real print the legend story
Similar injury to Dave Beasant, who dropped a bottle of salad cream on his foot which severed a tendon
There were loads of injuries you could've gone for here, such as:
*Charlie George cut off his finger with a lawnmower
*Michael Stensgaard had to retire after injuring his shoulder folding down an ironing board
*Alan Mullery injured his back brushing his teeth
*David Batty injured his achilles when his daughter ran over his foot on her trike
*Svein Grondalen missed an international match when he collided with a moose when out for a jog
*Chic Brodie collided with a dog on the pitch and shattered his knee, ending his career
*Julio Arca got stung by a jellyfish
*Steve Morrow broke his collarbone when he fell from Tony Adams' shoulders
*Marco Negri detached his retina playing squash with a teammate
*Kasey Keller knocked out his teeth taking out golf clubs from his car
*Alex Stepney dislocated his jaw shouting at teammates during a match
Any I've missed? Come on man, up your game, everyone knows about Canizares 😅
Arca - no that's fair. Jellyfish don't mess around. ~ Every Australian who has experienced a box jellyfish or irukandji sting.
Including some no longer with us due to cardiac arrest caused by the sting.
Also, recovery swims in the ocean are common, so it's dumb luck, but not a silly injury.
matt targett was out for absolutely ages for eczema, i know it can be painful but i think he missed a few months from it
Richard Wright injured himself while warming up in the goal, landing on a sign saying not to warm up in the goal.
_'David Batty injured his achilles when his daughter ran over his foot on her trike'_
🤣🤣
Kirk Broadfoot at Rangers burning his face when the poached eggs he was making in microwave exploded. Not making this up!
“Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is a term sometimes used for pain caused by repeated movement of part of the body. It often gets better on its own, but there are things you can do to help speed up your recovery.”
Indonesian striker Saktiawan Sinaga once collapsed during a match because he ate too much eel (nearly 3 kg) before the match. Because of that he missed his next match 😅
Lol that's news to me.
I just remembered that in season 2010 or 2011 Arema got obliterated by Persipura because Kurnia Meiga held his marriage in the morning while Achmad Kurniawan was his guardian (also busied by the preparation of his brother's marriage). Even the late AK was rumored to not included in the team before making his appearance in that night.
@yoorie19 the goalkeeper I Komang Putra of PSIS also has one story about marriage. I think he got married in the morning and PSIS management "made" his wedding party over before noon because in the afternoon he got to play a game
Jari Litmanen was once out injured after getting a bottle cap in the eye after the Sporting director of MFF opened a bottle of soda after a training game. Apparently it had so much carbonation that it flew off at great speed and hit Jari straight in the eye.
I've been living a lie, I thought that Santiago Canizares dropped a can of deodorant on his foot and broke it! I've been living in fear of this happening for nearly 23 years!
Quite a heavy can
It's been rumored for years here in Spain that the official story is a cover of him partying and dropping a glass of his foot, though
Rashford was out partying in Dublin when we had a home game in Manchester two days later. Turns up a day to the match saying he’s sick. I hope villa don’t get that rashford.
They got him a day ago
Wasn't there a player who got injured after stretching in bed when he woke up?
Yes! I was thinking of this one too!! Can’t remember who though, Bolton player?
Andy Carroll injuring his ankle at a bar is right up there
Phil Foden once ghosted for the first 21 matches of a Premier League season but was nominated for Player of the Month in Jan 2025. Oops, off topic.
Marcus Tudgay once missed the first few games of the season for Wednesday after a dropped glass at a family BBQ cut his foot in similar fashion.
Michael Stensgaard was unable to be named in Liverpool's squad for some games in 1994 due to dislocating his shoulder with his..... ironing board!
I used to work with a guy who called in sick because he had too much Tabasco
Of course, these sorts of incidents aren't limited to football - In 2015 Italian rugby player Martin Castrogiovanni needed 14 stitches and missed a Six Nations game after being bitten on the nose by his friend's dog. I remember the commentator for that game explaining his absence by saying, in a dramatic tone of voice, "MAULED by a dog!"
The goalkeeper for Berwick Rangers missed a game because he pulled a muscle pushing a shopping trolley.
Dave Beasant & salad cream. Easily #1.
What os the full story?
Is*
@ViperJ98 he knocked over a jar of salad cream and attempted to catch it with his foot, as if it were a ball and he were doing kick ups. Needless to say, the jar smashed over his foot and hospitalised him.
The Canizares thing sounds like an excuse for some weird thing he did
The rumor is he dropped a drink while partying at a club while strictly forbidden
Media is a bit creepy leaking the Asencio one
What about Former Dutch international Stan Valckx of PSVEindhoven? he was injured while riding his daughters tricycle in 1997-98 season
A Ferrari with a sh"tty clutch hah looks like Ferrari not learn thier lesson(first time when they make this mistake result is end up they create themselves a big rival)
what is RSI?
That's not true, Marco Asensio got infected in a wound caused while he was shaving his legs and almost lost both of them
I loved the video background panel when talking about the 90's .... REALLY 90's background!!!
I once missed a match due to a hangover 😅
Goalkeeper Dave Beasant also injured his foot (in his words) "trying to control a falling bottle of salad cream" with his bare foot.
Thankfully these days goalies are probably much better with their feet.
Tommy Smith missed his last game for Liverpool (the 78 European Cup final) after dropping a hammer on his foot
What about that guy who injured himself doing a backflip in a training session the day before a final
Steve Marlet missed Euro 2004 after he toyed with his accreditation and it bounced into his eye, tearing his cornea.
Ex Liverpool goalkeeper Michael Stensgaard was forced to retire after induring himself taking an ironing board out of a cupboard.
David James broke his toe by dropping a bottle of Salad Cream on it, he also broke his thumb on a ps2 controller
"Sorry coach, I was busy walking my fish"
Axel Tuanzebe was out for a month after nearly losing a thumb washing up.
None of these compared to me, who just missed a futsal match because i’m going to a math olimpiad
Who was it injured themselves on the keep off the grass sign?
Richard wright once got injured falling through his mums loft
a goalkeeper in the greek league missed a game against panathinaikos bc he burned his hand making steak the backup goalie smashed it and they won against pao
Now I understand why Asensio couldn’t play the match😅
Kirk Broadfoot missed several games for Rangers when a bowl of scrambled eggs exploded in his face as he lifted it out of the microwave.
Neymar always missing a ucl match for his sisters birthday, good brother tho
Sebastian Blanco once missed matches for the Portland Timbers because, while drinking mate, he spilled boiling water on his foot
Wasnt it a player who had bruised his toe. To relieve the pressure he drilled a hole through the nail and got an infection?
Barely spoke about the concluding track. Man what
I thought Canizares tried to juggle the bottle. Guess not.
Luis Advincula missed a match with Boca Juniors only because he felt "tired"
Didn’t Dave Beasant miss several matches in the early 1990s after he tried to play keepy-uppy with a glass jar of mayonnaise in his kitchen? The jar shattered and he was left with a severe foot injury? Maybe I dreamt that though 😂
Don’t remember who either stealing or Gideon. One of them said they couldn’t play cause they were too tired. 😂🤔
Andy Cole missed a Manchester United game because of a boil on the bottom.
Why dafuq would he shave his legs... CR7 influence? 😅😂
Usually it's for the benefit of the physios or putting strapping/ tape on
@@yourmateluke1608Isn’t it also to reduce burning for slide tackling?
The guy recently who put his back out after sneezing
Adriano burning his foot on a motorcycle's exhaust pipe.
Aubameyang got a tattoo infected and missed games lol
It wasn't a pimple mate...it was a ingrown hair..thats hella painful
John ruddy missed a match because he spilled hot water on his foot making a cup of tea
So basically injury?🤷🏽♂️
This doesn't seem uncommon to me at all!
Kirk broadfoot was injured by microwaving a poached egg while at rangers
aubameyang:
Neymar missing a match to attend his sister birthday… 😂
Wheres Neymar, with "its his sisters birthday"?
No neymar has a strange reason or injury issues when his sister's birthday is coming near 😂.
Salad cream gate?
Kirk broadfoot poached an egg on his face
Miki Rapaić miss match for Croatia after scratching he's eye with airplane ticket and get infected
Christensen missed a Barca match because of.... A Stomach ache.
I can understand that one. If he's having a stomach ache, he might end up having a bout of diarrhea or throwing up, and that probably wouldn't result in a very good performance
Played a game once with a stomachache, I was dropping buckets of cold sweat every minute so I couldnt concentrate at all.
Lassana Diarra missed a game against Osasuna for Real Madrid because he had symptoms for a phantom pregnancy
Well Cañizares story is a big lie, so…
rüştü reçber; while cleaning his football boots with a knife ?!?!?, he cut his hand.
Final destination
No Adel trabbt
Kirk brodfoot
Asensio 😊😊😅😅😅
Why are you shaving your legs?
Because I'm tired of hiding the hair with my socks
@@YesOkayButWhy You shouldn't be embarrassed because you have hairy legs, and you'll still have to wear the socks
Argentine keeper who was hiding because he was certain the world would end at year 2000
Carlos Roa
World cup 2012? Did you mean World cup 2010?
2002
Mason mount missing a pl match cause of his wisdom tooth removal
Bruh im never this early to any vid
Shaving his legs injury lmao and Football fans claim their sport isn’t for soft people lmao
You don't know how painful a big shaving nick can be
😂😂😂 what ur sport then 😂
@@vincenzo4611i remember the article bro it was an ingrown hair from shaving lol he didn’t slice himself
@@brianodriscoll2725 yeah they're bad too
@@vincenzo4611soft af
Oh marco, you never admit such things 😆
What does shaving legs and growing a pimple have to do with each other?
Lionel Messi isn't better than Cristiano Ronaldo.
ok? but whats the points of mentioning it here?
football is opinions.
Who even cares?! Stop glazing like you’re a homosexual 😂😂😂
@Darko_Boi yes
Wrong
Lionel Messi has a World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo does not.
Op-operation on his knee? Like kn-knee surgery?😏😏