Chapter 74 Medical Examination

It rarely rains in Spain, and when it does, Spaniards rarely go with umbrellas, because umbrellas don't work in such rainstorms.

Today is a torrential rain, and it is a sudden rainstorm, one second it is still sunny, and the next second it is cloudy.

Ji Qin looked at the sky at this time and was a little worried, if it was an ordinary day, it would have rained, and it would have been okay if he didn't go out, but today is different, today is Ibrahimovic's signing conference and appearance ceremony!

God is not beautiful!

Ji Qin could only sigh helplessly, and at this moment, Wu Lei also came to Ji Qin's side and overlooked Granada in the heavy rain outside the window.

After Ibrahimovic said goodbye to the LA Galaxy, he came to Spain with Ji Qin, because he belonged to the same agent and was the only two players, so when Ji Qin introduced Wu Lei to Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic was still very friendly to greet the future striker partner.

And Wu Lei naturally admires Ibrahimovic very much, Lang has a concubine, comes and goes, hooks up three and four, and the two quickly get acquainted.

Ibrahimovic didn't have a house in Granada yet, so his wife, Sehgal, stayed in Los Angeles with their two sons, while he stayed at the largest hotel in Granada, where Ji Qin and Wu Lei lived when they first arrived.

"Do you want to notify the club of the delay? The weather is so bad today, I'm afraid there won't be too many media and fans, and Ibrahimovic won't look good at that time. Wu Lei stood for a while and said to Ji Qin on the side.

Ji Qin didn't look back at him, and continued to look at the heavy rain outside the window and said: "Jiang Lizhang also called me just now, saying that if the heavy rain doesn't stop, the team doctor will have a physical examination and a signing conference first, and as for the appearance ceremony, it will be postponed." ”

Wu Lei nodded, it seems that this is the only way to do it for now. "Hey, what are you saying behind my back? Looks like I'm going to have to learn Chinese! Ibrahimovic came out from behind the two, hugging Ji Qin and Wu Lei and jokingly.

After a while, the three of them went out and took a car to the Carmenez Stadium to be examined by the Granada team doctor.

Summer is the time when the transfer market is at its most active, and every time a deal is completed, a player undergoes a medical examination from the club, and the transfer is not officially completed until the medical examination is completed.

For ordinary fans, what the physical examination room looks like and what to check during the physical examination are all very new things, but they are no strangers to Ibrahimovic, Wu Lei and Ji Qin.

There are 7 steps in the physical examination of a player, first of all, the club's team doctor will analyze the player's past career game footage and historical data to look for possible injuries, and then through blood tests to check whether the player's kidneys, liver function, bones, etc. are healthy, and check whether he has hepatitis, AIDS and other infectious diseases.

The player then provided a complete medical report and surgical history, which Ji Qin had submitted before Ibrahimovic came to Granada, and he had taken it directly from the LA Galaxy team doctor.

Then there are heart tests, such as echocardiography, exercise stress tests, and so on. Generally speaking, the physical fitness of professional players is much better than that of the average person, however, heart disease has always been the enemy of football players due to its insidiousness, suddenness and high mortality rate.

In March 2012, Bolton player Fabrice Mwamba suffered a heart attack during an FA Cup match, which stopped beating for 79 minutes before miraculously surviving. Since then, the club has been more diligent in checking for heart disease. Players under the age of 24 are advised to have an annual check-up to monitor players for various heart conditions.

Although FIFA is paying more and more attention to the detection of heart disease in players, not only making defibrillators standard on the sidelines, but even considering installing "early warning chips" in jerseys to monitor heart conditions, current medical capabilities are still limited, and heart disease still lurks around players like a ghost.

On the evening of July 3, 2015, after the training of the Qingdao Yellow Sea Manatees of the Chinese League, the team's foreign aid Glen Gokic suddenly went into shock and lost consciousness. At 22:25, he died after rescue efforts failed. The Serbian midfielder and his wife have only been married for two months, and the impermanence of the world can't help but make people sigh.

On April 28, 2015, Belgian Loklen centre-back Mertens died of a heart attack on the pitch. He collapsed in cardiac arrest 20 minutes into the game and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but three days later Mertens did not get up, and a 24-year-old who had been selected for the Belgian youth team died in a hurry.

On May 11, 2015, just as the news of Mertens' death had not yet dissipated from people's minds, another Belgian player suffered a cardiac arrest. The unfortunate player, Tim Scott, plays for Belgian fourth-tier side Biershot, and on Monday, the club confirmed that he was dead after the 23-year-old left-back fainted and fell into a coma on the pitch during a match last Friday. Tim Scott's tragedy is yet another reminder of the health issues of the players.

There are too many cases of sudden death of players, seeing all this, we can only sigh at the fragility and preciousness of life, football has nothing to do with life and death, but football is higher than life and death, but football should not go beyond life and death!

Therefore, a heart examination is also the most important of all examinations!

Then an MRI scan will be used to detect the player's two ankles, knees, pelvis, and lumbar spine football players fighting on the field, which are the most likely to be injured and the most likely to leave sequelae.

Not only that, but the team will also conduct a comprehensive examination of the players, including neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and deep musculoskeletal system tests, as well as examining the players' muscles.

Once all the checks have been made, the contents are compiled into a report based on which the club will decide whether or not to finalize the transfer transaction.

Whenever it is reported in the news that such and such a player is about to undergo a club medical examination, fans are convinced that the player will join the new club, but this is not the case.

Buying a player is like buying a used car, and you may be able to take the risk of buying the car outright depending on what you see; Or more wisely, after being inspected by an expert from the Automobile Association, you will pay for the car out of your pocket. Clubs usually pay huge fees for player transfers, so it's in the club's best interest to spend some time and money to ensure that the players they are going to get are in the best 'working condition'.

Ibrahimovic's body is naturally fine, and the medical examination of the Granada club team doctor is only a formality, although the final medical examination results will not be released to the public, but Ibrahimovic himself can still get an analysis report.

The results show that Ibrahimovic has a body fat of 7%, compared to the normal player average of 10% to 11%, Ibrahimovic stands out from other players! His muscle mass is 50%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the average, and his current physical fitness is comparable to that of a 20-year-old!