{"id":605027,"date":"2019-04-04T15:36:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  4 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n2019-04-04\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/213596"},"modified":"2019-04-04T15:36:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:36:51","slug":"harrison-afful-out-for-six-weeks-after-breaking-jaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/04\/harrison-afful-out-for-six-weeks-after-breaking-jaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Afful out for six weeks after breaking jaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  4 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/21359636.295.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison Afful Floor Columbus Crew\" title=\"Harrison Afful Floor Columbus Crew\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Afful clashed with his international teammate, Jonathan Mensah, leading to a fracture in his jaw<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Columbus Crew SC fullback Harrison Afful\u2019s milestone cup with his US club turned tragic as he broke his jaw during their victory over Atlanta United last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian who was playing his 100th game for the Black and Gold club was said to have clashed with his international teammate, Jonathan Mensah, leading to a fracture in his jaw.<\/p>\n<p>Afful is expected to be out for at least six weeks after he was rushed to the hospital to receive treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to Afful\u2019s teammate, Wil Trapp, he heard a sound but didn\u2019t know what it was because of the wet jerseys but got devastated upon hearing later that it was the jaw of Afful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard a sound, but you just never know \u2013 it\u2019s wet and the ball is hitting sopping wet jerseys so you just don\u2019t know what the sound is,\u201d Trapp said. \u201cSo he went down and I thought it was a nose break, which is still serious but not a big deal. To hear that he broke his jaw is just devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coach of Columbus Crew, Caleb Porter, who gave an update of the injury, said the play had his jaw wired shut which would remain that way for at least five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, with fractured jaws, they wire your jaw shut,\u201d he said. \u201cSo he\u2019ll have his jaw wired shut for a period of four to five weeks. From there, it will be a matter of his fitness and nutrition. We don\u2019t have a clear timeline on his return to play after those four or five weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Porter expressed his disappointment of going to lose a player in the quality of Afful but was certain his replacement, Hector, was equally good and could fit in the void created by the injured Ghanaian fullback.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never like to lose a quality player like him from your team,\u201d Porter said. \u201cBut that\u2019s why you have a squad, and it opens up an opportunity for Hector. We\u2019re very confident in Hector and very comfortable with him. So we\u2019ll have to manage this four or five weeks and then several weeks after that without Harry.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/1551782677_816_56523644.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news go to: www.graphic.com.gh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Thursday, 4 April 2019 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2019-04-04 Afful clashed with his international teammate, Jonathan Mensah, leading to a fracture in his jaw Columbus Crew SC fullback Harrison Afful\u2019s milestone cup with his US club turned tragic as he broke his jaw during their victory over Atlanta United last Saturday. 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