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| Obafemi Martins and Sun Xiang visiting Ba in hospital |
Demba Ba's surgeon
arrived in Shanghai and declared he was confident the former Chelsea striker
would return to competitive football.
AFP
report continues:
French
orthopaedic surgeon Olivier Bringer touched down in the Chinese megacity late
Thursday and immediately went to Putuo District People's Hospital where the
Senegalese striker has been treated since suffering a horror left leg fracture
playing for Shenhua in the Shanghai derby against SIPG last Sunday.
"I'm
sure he will be able to recover and play football again," Bringer was
quoted Friday as saying by the Shanghai Daily newspaper.
"In
a few months, he will have the possibility of making a comeback. He is a tough
guy and I'm sure he will be able to get over this."
Ba
is due to go under the scalpel on Saturday morning when Bringer's team of
French doctors will be bolstered by medical staff from Shanghai's Huashan
Hospital.
"We
are used to such surgeries," Bringer said. "My team's done it many
times in France."
Without
Ba, Shenhua lost 2-1 at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in the Chinese Super League on
Thursday night.
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The
former Chelsea and West Ham's striker's leg snapped in gruesome fashion under
Sun Xiang's tackle
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Striker
Obafemi Martins, who posted pictures on social media visiting Ba in hospital
this week, put Shenhua ahead after 18 minutes.
But it was former Shenhua frontman Mao Jianqing who equalized after the break and Korean defender Cho Yong-Hyung popped up with the winner 15 minutes from time.
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