Willingness to play despite injury
| Canadian soccer player Ativa Hutchinson received first aid with women’s products. [SNS캡처] |
[헤럴드경제=이원율 기자]On the 27th (local time), a scene came out that surprised soccer fans in the second leg of Group F of the 2022 Qatar World Cup held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Canadian national team captain Ativa Hutchinson (39) had a nosebleed from an injury in the second half, so she put something in her nose and played.
Canada’s Alfonso Davies (Bayer Munich) scored a goal 67 seconds into the game. However, Croatia shook the net in the 4th down and lost 1-4. Canada was confirmed as the second team to be eliminated from the group stage of the tournament, following host country Qatar.
It was Hutchinson, not the Croatian player, who received the most attention in this match. Hutchinson suffered a bleeding injury during the second half. The veteran midfielder had a strong will to play. In the end, the Canadian medical team covered Hutchinson’s nose with feminine products to stop the bleeding. This appearance spread through social networking services (SNS). The Daily Mail, a British daily, said, “Hutchinson’s decision to wear a women’s item on his nose during a World Cup game caused a lot of fun on social media.” received,” he said. Britain’s The Sun said, “Hutchinson went wild on social media as he ran with a woman’s item on his nose.”
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| The 2022 Qatar World Cup Group F match between Croatia and Canada held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the 27th (local time). Croatia’s Josip Yuranovic is blocked by the cooperative defense of Canada’s Kermal Miller (from left), Ativa Hutchinson and Stephen Vittoria. [연합] |
Netizens were also impressed by this. “Have you ever seen a man run with a feminine accessory up his nose? What am I looking at?”, “Are you sure you just saw a player on Team Canada with a feminine accessory up his nose?” “The best player to have played with”, “Hutchinson sticking a woman’s item up his nose might be the best moment in the World Cup so far”, and so on.
At the age of 39 years and 294 days, Hutchinson, who played in his first World Cup, set a record as the oldest player in a World Cup. Playing once morest Croatia, Hutchinson became the first player in Canadian football history to join the Century Club, where he played 100 A-matches.
Hutchinson has been playing for Besiktas since 2013 following making his professional debut in the Canadian league and then going through the Swedish, Danish and Dutch leagues. In the Canadian soccer world, he is known as a ‘living legend’.
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