'Luis Suarez stomp forced me into early retirement - my joint exploded into pieces'

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Gorka Giralt has opened up astir having to person 3 surgeries and yet retiring from shot aft an incidental wherever helium collided with Luis Suarez

Spanish goalkeeper Gorka Giralt has revealed that an accidental stamp by Luis Suarez forced him to discontinue from the game.

It was successful January 2022 that the erstwhile Liverpool striker trod connected the Basque shot-stopper's manus successful the archetypal 5 minutes of a clash betwixt Atletico Madrid and third-tier broadside Rayo Majadahonda successful the Copa del Rey. Now a goalkeeping manager astatine Las Rozas, Giralt has lifted the lid connected the traumatic event.

Talking precocious connected 'El Chiringuito', the 29-year-old described the coming unneurotic successful graphic detail. "My associated exploded into pieces, similar a walnut," Giralt said connected the show. "Suarez tries to decorativeness with a goal, but unfortunately, helium steps connected the associated of 1 of my hands."

While unfortunate for Giralt, helium has distanced himself from blaming Suarez. He besides disclosed however the Uruguayan prima contacted him aft the mishap to apologise and to springiness him his lucifer shirt.

Giralt underwent country 3 times successful a hopeless bid to mend his hand. He added, per Marca: "At that moment, I didn't consciousness it and the archetypal happening I did was cheque if the shot had gone out. After that my manus started to get cramped. When I took disconnected the mitt it moved precise strangely... successful jumps. I was precise unlucky, but I don't deliberation astir it."

While intelligibly an accident, Suarez has been embroiled successful a agelong enactment of controversies during his clip connected the pitch; his astir celebrated infinitesimal of dissension, if not his worst, possibly came astatine the 2010 World Cup.

With Uruguay and Ghana locked astatine 1-1 successful their quarter-final clash and other clip astir over, the shot broke to Dominic Adiyiah successful the Uruguayan box. The Ghanaian managed to steer his effort connected target, lone for Suarez to grip the shot connected the extremity line.

Suarez was sent disconnected for deliberate handball, but Asamoah Gyan fired his punishment footwear against the bar. Suarez's federation past precocious to the semi-finals.

Suarez is besides known for occasionally biting his opponents. In 2010, the striker was playing for Ajax against PSV Eindhoven erstwhile helium became enraged with Otman Bakkal and attempted to instrumentality a wound retired of the midfielder. Ajax disciplined Suarez internally for his actions, but the Dutch FA yet banned him for 7 league games.

Further biting incidents followed against Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic and erstwhile Italian planetary Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez was banned for 10 Premier League games for the incidental with Ivanovic; however, the wound was missed by the on-pitch officials, meaning helium inactive had clip to occurrence location a stoppage-time equaliser for the Reds against Chelsea.

Suarez was besides handed a nine-match prohibition for the incidental with Chiellini. However, helium managed to decorativeness that lucifer and assistance Uruguay advancement to the past 16 of the 2014 World Cup astatine Italy's expense. Suarez aboriginal apologised to Chiellini for what helium described arsenic "the carnal effect of a wound successful the collision helium suffered with me."

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