The Hindu: Fuerste injured
German captain and talismanic midfielder Moritz Fuerste suffered a serious injury just above his knee and is unlikely to play against India after suffering a blow from Dutch striker Thierry Brinkman’s stick in the day’s other match that saw the bitter European rivals draw goalless.
Fuerste, key to the German plans in the run up to the Olympics, decided to stay with the team till the end of the match before being taken to the Dr. Ambedkar Hospital for a scan. Details would be known only later.
“It hit his muscles badly but we will take a decision after investigations and try to get him back for the later part of the tournament,” coach Valentin Altenburg said.
However, for an FIH tournament featuring the top-eight teams of the world, the emergency arrangements were meagre. Fuerste had to be carried out hobbling by the team physio and manager before the doctors came with a stretcher.
Two doctors and German, Dutch and Argentinian coaches had to carry the stretcher around the ground with no volunteers present to help.