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Was put on life support. Three weeks later he's back playing and has signed his first professional contract. Fair play.
Footballer struck by lightning
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Was put on life support. Three weeks later he's back playing and has signed his first professional contract. Fair play.
Jesus! I can't imagine what was going through the heads of the people who went to help. It doesn't look like any of them could have seen what happened, and just turned around to see him on the ground.
The scars left from lightning look cool AF though
Does he have superhuman speed now? It would be a wasted opportunity if not.
Fair play to the lad though.
Fair play to the lad though.
That is shocking.
Just as he's about to strike the ball as well. Fudge.
That’s crazy.
Never had anyone get hit directly with lighting but once lighting hit and exploded the floodlights which fell on us and burned my teammate.
In another match I got sent off for telling the ref there is lightning and he needs to stop the match because some players including myself had metal studs and it wasn’t safe. This was after him delaying the game and trying to abandon it for only rain while we were losing. But since we levelled it after the restart he refused to stop the game with lightning. Refs are always complete dickheads.
Never had anyone get hit directly with lighting but once lighting hit and exploded the floodlights which fell on us and burned my teammate.
In another match I got sent off for telling the ref there is lightning and he needs to stop the match because some players including myself had metal studs and it wasn’t safe. This was after him delaying the game and trying to abandon it for only rain while we were losing. But since we levelled it after the restart he refused to stop the game with lightning. Refs are always complete dickheads.
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Looked like a dive to me.
If the lightning wasn't out of position it wouldn't have had to make that tackle in the first place.
Looks like he stepped on a mine
This happened to my PE teacher when we were all walking down to the bottom pitch at our school. Massive flash and he was laid on the grass with a scorch mark on his bald head. He was ok after a trip to the hospital!
So your manager was a win-at-all-costs man who paid the ref?
We didn’t have a manager and the ref hated us so certainly didn’t pay him
@horsechoker here's your answer to what the screen is for. He's constantly checking the forecast so he doesn't get struck by lightning again.
That video looks unreal. Like someone has done some wizadry. Shocking.
Blessed by Thor himself. Scar looks cool as hell, and what a story he can tell people 
Glad he’s okay.
Glad he’s okay.
By Zeus!
That wasn't lightning. He just exploded.
Had the exact same thing happen to me, been terrified of lightning ever since.
That's The Undertaker.
Looks like a clip from Monty Python
Close call if that's a FK or a pen.
VAR?
VAR?
Amazing that it was caught on camera, although I assume something like that can be easily shopped.
Looks like one of those skill videos where they put a flash just as the player is about to shoot or pass, but this time he flops to the ground
must have had some power in it to generate that sort of lightening!
must have had some power in it to generate that sort of lightening!
I imagine they all heard the crack sound that you usally get with a lightning strike, you can see they all sort of duck and cower away.
"the lad's been struck down by lighting but I think Pogba should be doing more here"
4 game ban for Evra.
It was a shit shot in fairness.
Me too
Wow!
Honestly, I thought this was a joke at first. Looked like he turned to dust and the joke was he came back to play. Had to do a double-take and it wasn't until the other guys went over that I was like... Well damn, this really happened and he really came back to play.
Crazy.
Honestly, I thought this was a joke at first. Looked like he turned to dust and the joke was he came back to play. Had to do a double-take and it wasn't until the other guys went over that I was like... Well damn, this really happened and he really came back to play.
Crazy.
Cool origin story.
That looks unreal.
On a related note, 10 years ago, Jonathan Richter, who played for FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga, was also hit by lightning. He lost his leg.
On a related note, 10 years ago, Jonathan Richter, who played for FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga, was also hit by lightning. He lost his leg.