Tadic To Wear Protective Mask Against Liverpool
Dusan Tadic is set to follow the example of former Saints Claus Lundekvam and Bruce Grobbelaar and wear a protective face mask.
Dusan Tadic is set to wer a protective face mask after suffering a suspected broken nose in Serbia's game against Wales on Saturday.
The injury happened in the first half, but after 5 minutes of treatment and a change of shirt, Tadic played on.
Despite the injury which saw plenty of blood after a high kick caught him square in the face, Tadic played the full game and was quoted as saying " I played on because Serbia people are not soft"
He said in full after the game
"I think I have broken my nose, at first I thought I could not see so many things but I couldn't leave my teammates alone on the pitch and I wanted to play. Every player feels really important for the team."
"I couldn't breathe or do anything. But that does not matter as when you play a game you want to fight for your country to try to give your best. I lost a lot of blood. I saw Taylor after the game and he asked me how it was. I said it is OK. Serbia people is not so soft."
Tadic now is set to wear a mask to protect his nose should he play in either Serbia's friendly on Tuesday against Ukraine followed by playing for Saints against Liverpool.
He would not be the first player to wear a mask whilst in action for Saints, goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar started the trend back in the mid 90's and then in 2000 /01 season Claus Lundekvam suffered a similar injury and soldiered on wearing a mask.
Back then it was not a common sight in football although these days players seem more and more to wear protective masks rather than not play on.
Tadic now seems set to show his commitment to Saints cause at a time when we have a number of injuries and become the man in the mask for Saints and hopefuly steal three points against Liverpool.
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