On October 15, 2006, the eighth round of the Premier League, people thought it was just an ordinary Premier League game, but obviously they were all wrong.

At the Madejski Stadium, the result of the game was that Chelsea won 1:0 away from home thanks to an own goal by a Reading player. Although the score seemed very ordinary, the process was surprisingly terrifying.

Mourinho's team lost two goalkeepers in a row in that game, both of which were seriously injured. Cech's injury almost caused the Czech goalkeeper to bid farewell to the world. Even if he got better, he would have to wear a tank hat. , to protect your head.

The opponent in that game was Reading, who was promoted to the Premier League as the British Championship champion last season.

That game attracted a lot of attention before the game. Under Mourinho's coaching, Chelsea surprisingly won the Premier League championship that season. This was a game between the British Championship champion and the Premier League champion.

No one expected that disaster would strike so quickly.

As the referee's whistle blew, the game started. In just 20 seconds, Reading, who was wide open, sent the ball into Chelsea's penalty area. This was originally a simple attack that ended when the goalkeeper caught the ball, but Reading Ding's forward Hunter made this offense not easy. Facing Cech's attack, and with Cech already fully embracing the ball, Hunter did not slow down at all. He slammed his entire body into Cech in the penalty area.

"boom."Cech fell in the penalty area. Hunter could no longer touch the ball, but he still stretched his legs, and then Cech fell in pain in the penalty area. Slow motion showed that Hunter's knee hit hard Cech's head. Hunter had the chance to jump over Cech who fell to the ground, but he finally chose the most dangerous way.

Chelsea's doctors quickly rushed into the field and they took time to treat Cech's injury. It was very long, but people already knew from the beginning that Cech could not continue the game.

After Chelsea's team doctor came on the court, he turned to Mourinho on the coaching bench and made a substitution signal. The injury was so serious that he couldn't even stand up and walk off the court. The Czech had to crawl out of the baseline slowly and painfully on his hands and knees. Then Cech was carried directly to the ambulance on a stretcher and went straight to the local hospital. Broken bones and dying, it seemed that God needed a goalkeeper, so he summoned Cech.

But obviously, Cech had not yet helped Chelsea win the Champions League, so three months later, Cech put on his tank hat.

Miraculously returning to the pitch he loved so much, it was Cudicini who came on for Cech, who held on until the final moments of the game when Reading had a corner kick that they desperately wanted to equalize.

In the 91st minute of the game, Reading took a corner kick and Cudicini hit the ball out of the penalty area with one punch.

However, Reading's center back Sonko could no longer hold back his strength and he hit Cudicini hard..

Slow motion showed that this was not actually a foul, but the damage to Cudicini was real.

The Italian lost control of his body in mid-air and fell heavily on the Madejski Stadium. Cudicini almost fainted. He used his last strength to raise his arms, but failed.

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