AUCKLAND, New Zealand — England midfielder Keira Walsh left Friday's Women's World Cup match against Denmark on a stretcher, and in distress, after suffering an apparent non-contact knee injury.
Friday's Women's World Cup match against DenmarkWalsh, a FIFA Player of the Year nominee and Champions League winner, slid to cut out a pass in the 35th minute, and stayed down after herTeammates came to comfort her, and perhaps to help her to her feet, but she pushed them away, and appeared to say:"Get off, get off, get off." She then looked toward the bench, and gesticulated to convey bad news, and shook her head.
, and perhaps their most important player. Suddenly, on Friday, she became the fourth England starter felled by a knee injury ahead of this World Cup.Walsh was lifted onto a stretcher. As she was carried toward the sideline, and eventually down the Sydney Football Stadium tunnel, she brought her hands to her head and her jersey over her face. And the women's soccer world feared for the worst.
There was no immediate diagnosis. But the sport, and England's Lionesses in particular, have been battling an
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