![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/alex-greenwood-shows-off-gruesome-eye-injury-as-england-stars-travel-home-after-world-cup-loss/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1_Lionesses-Leave-Australia-Defeated-Englands-Lionesses-Look-Downcast-In-Defeat-As-They-Depart-Aust.jpg&description=It wasn't just the pain of defeat that would have been hurting England defender Alex Greenwood on Monday morning after picking up a nasty eye injury in the final It wasn't to be for Alex Greenwood and the Lionesses in the World Cup final on Sunday but there was no doubting the England defender's commitment as she bravely played through to the final whistle. The Manchester City player hit the deck in the 77th minute after an aerial clash with Spain winger Salma Paralluelo, with Greenwood appearing to take a knee to the face from the 29-year-old. After lengthy physio treatment, she bravely got back to her feet and played on, with Paralluelo showed a yellow for her troubles. Greenwood was left with a deep cut beneath her right eyebrow not to mention obvious swelling, and her treatment resulted in 13 minutes of injury time. BBC commentator Rachel Brown-Finnis said on live commentary: "You can see the blood on Alex Greenwood's head. "It's a high knee to the face from Salma Paralluelo. If it's a patch-up job, Greenwood will stay on. If there is any whiff of concussion, then a key part of the defence will be gone. This is not a good sight." It prompted memories of the likes of Terry Butcher and Paul Ince notoriously playing on for England bloodied and bandaged, but for Greenwood and co there was to be no fairytale finish. Spain duly held out in time added on to win 1-0 and deny Sarina Wiegman's team the World Cup glory they craved. And Greenwood wore the scars of battle as England's players squad left for home on Monday. The deep cut and swelling was still very much evident as she joined the squad at Sydney Airport. Sarina Wiegman's players looked downcast in their blue tracksuits as they begin the long trip back to the UK. The 29-year-old will now turn her focus to the Women's Super League campaign with City. They get underway on October 1 with a trip to West Ham. And arguably, the pain of the result would have surpassed the pain of the result for the player as she left t){kind=link}
It wasn’t just the pain of defeat that would have been hurting England defender Alex Greenwood on Monday morning after picking up a nasty eye injury in the final
It wasn’t to be for Alex Greenwood and the Lionesses in the World Cup final on Sunday but there was no doubting the England defender’s commitment as she bravely played through to the final whistle.
The Manchester City player hit the deck in the 77th minute after an aerial clash with Spain winger Salma Paralluelo, with Greenwood appearing to take a knee to the face from the 29-year-old. After lengthy physio treatment, she bravely got back to her feet and played on, with Paralluelo showed a yellow for her troubles.
Greenwood was left with a deep cut beneath her right eyebrow not to mention obvious swelling, and her treatment resulted in 13 minutes of injury time. BBC commentator Rachel Brown-Finnis said on live commentary: “You can see the blood on Alex Greenwood’s head.
“It’s a high knee to the face from Salma Paralluelo. If it’s a patch-up job, Greenwood will stay on. If there is any whiff of concussion, then a key part of the defence will be gone. This is not a good sight.”