VIDEO: Mexico-Haiti Gold Cup Match Gets Physical With Luis Rodriguez Suffering Scary Bloody Injury
By Thomas Carannante
This is what you'd expect to see in the Octagon and not on the soccer pitch. During Tuesday night's Mexico vs. Haiti Gold Cup match, Mexican defender Luis Rodriguez took a cleat to the head and was bleeding profusely. His face, head and neck were covered in blood after suffering the injury, which you can see in the video below:
Gold Cup Haiti vs Mexico getting physical ? pic.twitter.com/WcW2yeDaEM
— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) July 3, 2019
It sure looked a lot more terrifying than it was, however.
Rodriguez suffered the injury in the 61st minute but promptly returned in the 64th minute sporting a cap on his head to help cover up the wound and stop the bleeding.
Hard to believe that #Mexico’s Luis Rodriguez only missed a few minutes after taking a cleat to the head in the #GoldCup semifinal #SwimCap #AZFamily pic.twitter.com/UghX0WPc9W
— Mark McClune (@MarkMcClune) July 3, 2019
What a trooper. That'll send a motivating message to the rest of the Mexican squad for sure.