Cannavaro angered by medics鈥 amateurish display
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Medics tried to kick open a jammed ambulance door while a badly hurt Chinese footballer lay prone on the pitch for several minutes, fighting for breath.
Italian legend Fabio Cannavaro, coach of Chinese Super League (CSL) champions Guangzhou Evergrande, was left angered and fans and Chinese media hit out at what they called the amateurish treatment of Changchun Yatai鈥檚 Wang Shouting.
The midfielder was knocked out just seconds into SIPG鈥檚 3-2 home league win over Cannavaro鈥檚 side when Yang Liyu鈥檚 shoulder accidently smashed him in the face as they jumped for the ball.
Medical staff from both sides rushed to help the 32-year-old Wang and the players of both teams were clearly anxious as he lay unconscious, face down in the ground.
An ambulance and stretcher were hastily summoned and it appeared Wang had swallowed his tongue.
But he was left for several minutes on the pitch as paramedics struggled with the back door of the ambulance, even kicking it as it refused to budge.
They eventually prised it open and Wang 鈥 by now conscious and on a stretcher 鈥 was taken to hospital and later released with no long-lasting damage.
But the incident was embarrassing for a league whose teams have lavished big-money contracts on star players and coaches of the ilk of Cannavaro.
鈥淭he life of the players can鈥檛 be ignored,鈥 Cannavaro, who captained Italy to World Cup glory in 2006 said.
鈥淒uring an emergency situation, there is no waiting time of several minutes.
鈥淎mbulance and first-aid equipment must be on standby at all times and the problem of the door that can鈥檛 be opened should not be ignored.鈥
The Information Times savaged the cack-handed response in an article headlined, 鈥淐hina鈥檚 football is still far from professional 鈥 when life is at stake, ambulance door won鈥檛 open.鈥
Fans were angered by the incident too, with one poster on Weibo, China鈥檚 version of Twitter, asking disdainfully: 鈥淚s the ambulance a prop?鈥
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