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<SPAN class=ysptimedate>October 16, 2006</SPAN>
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<SPAN class=yspartclsrc>AP - Oct 16, 12:53 pm EDT</SPAN>
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LONDON (AP) -- Television pictures of England's Paul Robinson flash around the world after the goalkeeper completely misses a kick and turns to see the ball rolling into an empty net.
Three days later, Chelsea's Petr Cech dives to reach the ball and winds up with a skull fracture after an opponent's knee thuds into his head.
In the same game, teammate Carlo Cudicini is rushed to the hospital unconscious after he collides with an opponent while jumping to catch the ball and crashes to the ground. Cudicini is back home; Cech is recovering in the hospital.
In the world of goalkeepers, embarrassment can rub shoulders with danger. And they don't have helmets to protect them or facemasks to hide the shame.
"Robinson Clousseau" was one headline that followed the England goalkeeper's blunder after his team lost 2-0 at Croatia in a Euro 2008 qualifying game. The same tabloids that likened Robinson to that fictional French detective made famous by Peter Sellers were horrified by the injuries to the Chelsea goalkeepers against Reading on Saturday.
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<SPAN class=ysptimedate>October 16, 2006</SPAN>
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<SPAN class=yspartclsrc>AP - Oct 16, 12:53 pm EDT</SPAN>
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LONDON (AP) -- Television pictures of England's Paul Robinson flash around the world after the goalkeeper completely misses a kick and turns to see the ball rolling into an empty net.
Three days later, Chelsea's Petr Cech dives to reach the ball and winds up with a skull fracture after an opponent's knee thuds into his head.
In the same game, teammate Carlo Cudicini is rushed to the hospital unconscious after he collides with an opponent while jumping to catch the ball and crashes to the ground. Cudicini is back home; Cech is recovering in the hospital.
In the world of goalkeepers, embarrassment can rub shoulders with danger. And they don't have helmets to protect them or facemasks to hide the shame.
"Robinson Clousseau" was one headline that followed the England goalkeeper's blunder after his team lost 2-0 at Croatia in a Euro 2008 qualifying game. The same tabloids that likened Robinson to that fictional French detective made famous by Peter Sellers were horrified by the injuries to the Chelsea goalkeepers against Reading on Saturday.
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