WE’RE USED TO seeing Fernando Alonso take tight bends in his McLaren car — but it turns out he can bend a tasty free-kick as well.
The two-time Formula 1 champion showed off his skills during the annual charity football match ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Alonso curled in this free to help a team of F1 drivers to a 3-1 win against their All Star opponents, managed this year by Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri.
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Not to make light of it but 3.5 times more likely than very unlikely is still very unlikely. Loads of players played football and don’t have any issues and loads of people never played football and do have issues. The study also pointed out that deaths in general under the age of 60 were hugely reduced in those that played football compared to the general population. There is a lot more in this than just heading footballs gives you a neurodegenerative disease and the media reporting of it has been very irresponsible imo.
@Dino: Still, it’s significant enough to warrant a change in training practises & age grade football. Better giving people the knowledge so that they can make the choice. I obviously think people should participate in sport and stay active, but to do so with the full knowledge of associated risks and benefits.
@Joseph Blocks: is it significant enough? I haven’t seen anything to say it is. If the chances of football causing brain injury are 0.0000001 then 3.5 times this is 0.00000035 which is still insignificant. Don’t just read the headline
Ban heading and we might actually have a better game….especially in this part of the world!! Kids & teens definitely should not be heading the ball full stop… and they might actually learn to play ‘foot’ ball
Shocking although good more is known now. Balls are lighter too
@dublindamo: The dry weight has actually changed very little. However until the eighties balls would get very heavy when wet, which could well have caused the most damage when heading.