Atletico Madrid star is identified with a traumatic mind damage after critical head collision in draw towards Actual Madrid – with no date set for his return

Atletico Madrid defender Robin Le Normand faces a major spell on the sidelines after being identified with a traumatic mind damage following a extreme head collision in his aspect’s 1-1 draw with Actual Madrid.

The Spaniard, born in France, clashed heads with opposition midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni in stoppage time of the derby match on the Estadio Metropolitano on Sunday.

He was handled on the pitch as his shocked teammates watched on and the membership have since revealed that he acquired ‘a collection of assessments and was assessed by specialists’.

It has now been confirmed that Le Normand suffered a traumatic mind damage with subdural haematoma, which is bleeding triggered by a burst blood vessel close to the mind, Aim.com stories.

Atletico say ‘the rules set out within the protocol established for any such trauma shall be adopted’ as they give the impression of being to get the centre-back enjoying once more.

Traumatic mind damage (TBI) happens when the mind is broken by sudden trauma, equivalent to a head collision or, in on a regular basis life, banging one’s head on a low doorway.

On the least extreme, however commonest, scale such an damage ends in minor concussion or simply dizziness.

Reasonable TBI is outlined by the NHS as ‘lack of consciousness for between quarter-hour and 6 hours, or a interval of post-traumatic amnesia of as much as 24 hours’. This could result in additional residual signs.

The severity of Le Normand’s damage has not but been confirmed however the truth that he suffered subdural haematoma is prone to imply he shall be out for a major size of time.

Final 12 months, La Liga introduced a partnership with the AFE Group to ‘develop a brand new concussion process, public consciousness marketing campaign and coaching sources’ and ‘combine a brand new Video Assessment System software, which permits groups to evaluation incidents intimately and from totally different viewpoints’.

After asserting the partnership, Geni Martínez, Director of the AFE’s Well being Division, stated: ‘It is essential to recognise a possible traumatic mind damage. In such instances, a well timed withdrawal is a triumph. 

‘Usually, a really excessive proportion of the mind regenerates naturally over the subsequent few days. The damaging factor is to proceed enjoying and obtain one other blow to the top if there had been a earlier trauma that wasn’t detected.’

Le Normand’s collision with Tchouameni befell within the dying seconds of a usually feisty encounter between the capital metropolis’s two largest sides.

Simply minutes earlier, Angel Correa had fired residence a sensational stoppage-time equaliser, rounding Actual goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to cancel out Éder Militão’s Sixty fourth-minute strike.

Shortly after the opener, play was stopped after Courtois complained that followers of his former membership had been throwing objects in his route.

Each units of gamers returned to their dressing rooms for a short time and, as soon as they re-emerged, the contact paper had been nicely and actually lit with tackles flying in and offended phrases exchanged as the sport reached its climax.

After Correa’s leveller there was nonetheless time for Atletico’s Marcos Llorente to obtain a crimson card for a rash late problem on Fran Garcia.