Davis Luiz is expected to miss Arsenal’s Europa League match against Rapid Vienna on Thursday as he continues his head injury to the Wolves.
The Brazilian defender faced Wolves striker Raúl Jiménez at the start of Sunday’s game, resulting in a long wait of about 10 minutes as paramedics and doctors treated both players.
Jimenez stretched out and then underwent a skull fracture while Luiz allowed to continue with his head bandaged after receiving seven points in a three-inch wound.
Although he returned to the field, he retired at halftime, with the club noting that the replacement was due to bleeding and discomfort from the cup.
Since then, the club issued a protective resolution to allow Luiz to continue, saying that “protocols were over” as the player showed no symptoms of concussion.
However, due to the deep cut he received, he will not be able to play for the look of Mikel Arteta in the Emirates on Thursday night.
He continued: “David earned a stopover at our club doctor’s house on Monday during the scheduled day off and arrived at our school on Tuesday.
“Careful care of David’s cut and monitoring of his well-being will continue in the coming days and David will remain healthy.
“The cut on David’s head will take a few days to heal, so he may not be available for Thursday’s game. We will continue to monitor David’s progress to a large extent.
“More team news about the rest of the team will be on Wednesday morning (British time). “
The Brain Injury Association’s Headway charity issued a Monday expressing its “anger and sadness at the persistent failure of football to protect its players from concussions” and reiterated its view that substitutes for the transitority of concussions are “urgently” necessary.
Move forward if Luiz would have been allowed to continue if there were concussion substitutes.
Headway Deputy Director General Luke Griggs told Sky Sports News, “When you have an effect as severe as this, it’s hard not to suspect that a concussion has occurred. “
“Protocols say that if a concussion is suspected, the player will have to be removed from the game box.
“I’m sure medical teams have done things for the benefit of the player’s most productive interest, but you have to wonder if those concussion protocols are appropriate.
“Concussion is notoriously difficult to diagnose, especially in a stress environment in the box in just 3 minutes. It is an evolving injury and symptoms may take some time to develop.
“We called for football, however, to evolve over time and introduce transitional substitutes for concussions that would allow for more detailed evaluations of an off-field player. “
“We want to make sure that the message spreads that we don’t take risks with those things. “
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) said its panel on concussions (CEG) met wednesday and said it now sets the level for competitions to verify new protocols for concussion substitutes, and that tests are expected to begin in January next year.
“Members (of the qualified group) advised consultations to continue, in collaboration with the FIFA Medical Branch and other stakeholders, to facilitate testing from January 2021 for any festival interested in participating,” he said on the IFAB website.
He also said: “CeG reiterated that player coverage is the main objective and that a transparent and consistent technique is needed, that can work well in all grades of the game.
Therefore, the organization agreed that applying a philosophy “in case of doubt,” would be the most productive solution to shield the fitness of footballers.