[lfc-news] Cisse: Horror injury nearly cost me my leg - Post

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Liverpool Daily Post, 2 Dec 2004
Cisse: Horror injury nearly cost me my leg
By Paul Walker, Daily Post

FRENCH striker Djibril Cisse has revealed he could have lost his left leg
in the aftermath of the horrific injury which wrecked his first season at
Liverpool.

Cisse was carried off with a double fracture of his leg after a tackle in
the Barclays Premiership match at Blackburn on October 30 - and will not
play again this season.

And the £14million signing from Auxerre claims his whole career could have
been destroyed and that had he not had expert medical treatment at Ewood
Park, there was the prospect of amputation.

Cisse, in an interview with club magazine LFC, said: "When I was taken from
the field, what they did next was so important for my career, what they did
in those first few moments was vital.

"My bone were overlapping and I had no circulation in my foot."

And the 23-year-old insists: "They had to give me drugs to help with the
pain and then they had to pull my bones back into place with their hands.

"If they had waited until I had got to the hospital I might have lost my
leg, it was that serious."

Cisse is still on crutches but is back at Liverpool's training ground
having daily treatment and has told manager Rafael Benitez he has set a
target of being able to play in the final few games of the season.

But he is clearly very aware of the debt he owes to Liverpool's medical
team for their swift action at the ground when he was first injured.

"It was a bad injury but I think I have been lucky in many ways. If the
bone had gone through my leg then my football was finished for me. I could
not have come back after that. That's why I can say that I am very lucky.

"I know some people could not watch what happened to them again but I
watched what happened to me at Blackburn straight after the operation. I am
a strong person and I wanted to see what really happened.

"I did not hear a crack or anything when it happened but Milan Baros, who
was closest to me at the time, said he heard it. Actually, I did hear a
noise, but I thought it was my shinpad snapping.

"At first I tried to get up from it straight away, because I was not in
pain but I felt something funny in my leg and I decided that it was best
just to lie where I was on the pitch and wait for the medical people to get
to me."

Meanwhile, fellow injured Liverpool striker Baros is hoping to play a part
in his side's crucial Champions League Group A match against Olympiakos
next week.

The Czech Republic forward suffered a hamstring injury while on
international duty against Macedonia last month but took part in light
training on Monday before stepping up his fitness further yesterday.

"It was almost like I was fully training. And the leg is okay," said Baros.

"On Friday I will train again with the team. I want to play in the
Champions League against Olympiakos on Wednesday," the top goalscorer at
Euro 2004 continued.

"I had a little tear in the femoral muscle, it bled and later stiffened.

This stiffened blood caused problems with the muscle.

"In Macedonia the same happened to me again as had happened a few days
before in La Coruna. Only this was a bit worse."

The 23-year-old admits he has been frustrated at having to watch from the
sidelines and is desperate to get back out on the pitch.

"I am fed up with it. I am looking forward to playing again. I would like
to help my team, we need to beat Olympiakos to stay in the Champions League.

"The muscle is okay, I do not feel any problems. If I had even a little
doubt, I would not be eager to play."


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