It's never nice for a player to get injured during an international tournament perhaps least of all when it's cruelly due to a freak accident when you collide with a teammate. That's exactly what happened to Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and now he's 'showed off' his injury.
The Arsenal keeper, who spent last season on loan at AS Roma in Serie A with Petr Cech signing for the Gunners and becoming the club's first choice goalie, was injured in his country's opening Euro game against Northern Ireland where he picked up a clean sheet.
However Szczesny was replaced by a former Arsenal keeper, Lukasz Fabianski, for Poland's 0-0 draw with Germany yesterday, so far the only 0-0 draw in the competition, after he collided with defender Lukasz Piszczek. The collision caused a very nasty bruise on the Polish number one's thigh, which he showed off on Instagram:
After beating Northern Ireland 1-0 and getting a point against Germany, Adam Nawalka's side go into the final group game against bottom side Ukraine in a very strong position and could still qualify top if they beat their opponents by more goals than Germany beat the Irish.
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Szczesny hopes to recover in time for the final group game on Tuesday when both matches kick off at the same time.
Topics: Euro 2016, Football, injury