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England's Ince played with broken ankle
Posted: Sunday July 05, 1998 10:36 AM
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Paul Ince says he played in pain so he wouldn't miss the World Cup (AP) |
LONDON (Reuters) -- England
midfielder Paul Ince told British Sunday newspapers he had played in the
World Cup despite having a broken ankle bone.
Ince, who played with his left ankle heavily strapped, missed a penalty in
the shootout with Argentina
which put England out of the World Cup in the second round.
Ince said he hurt the ankle in a tackle during an English league match in
May but did not realize until he had an ultrasound scan after England's
World Cup defeat by Romania in
their second group match that a piece had broken off the bone.
"I saw the scan and it showed a gap where a piece of bone had broken away,"
said Ince, who limped out of the 2-1 defeat by Romania but returned to face
Colombia.
The Liverpool midfielder said he and England manager Glenn Hoddle had
decided to keep the injury a secret.
"I was in agony at times," Ince told the newspapers. "It needed weeks of
rest but I wasn't prepared to sit out the World Cup."
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