Just three minutes after Anthony Taylor blew the whistle to start the game Spain-Germany yesterday in Stuttgart, equivalent to the semi-final of European Cupcame the worst news: Barcelona Peter He was injured after a hard tackle by Toni Kroos that the English referee did not deign to punish with even a yellow card.
The Canarian recovered and continued on the pitch, but three minutes later, he fell to the ground and hurt his left knee and had to be replaced by Dani Olmo. Pedri retired cruelly in the 7th minute but with the support of all his teammates, who surrounded him before he sat on the bench.
The fact is that Pedri, unknowingly, established a record in the Euro Cup: the earliest substitution in the competition. Never in the history of the Euro Cup has a player been substituted. The previous record for the earliest substitution was held by Franck Ribéry, who also had to leave the field due to injury in the 10th minute of the Euro 2008 group stage match against Italy (0-2).
Source: La Verdad
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