BRADFORD ace Emmanuel Osadebe suffered a double leg break after a horror problem from Doncaster Rovers’ Liam Ravenhill within the first League Two sport of the season.
Ravenhill, 19, and Osadebe, 25, went for the ball simply six minutes after kick-off however the Doncaster midfielder got here too arduous and broke the Irishman’s leg.
The Bantams demanded a straight crimson card however the referee solely confirmed a yellow, which infuriated the house crowd at Valley Parade.
Osadebe was on the bottom screaming in agony as his team-mates known as for a stretcher instantly after the problem.
Bradford followers have been enraged with the referee’s determination within the League Two encounter, which ended 0-0 and noticed the house facet’ Kian Harratt being despatched off within the eighth minute of stoppage time.
One tweeted: “Legal kick within the first sport of the season…”
One other posted: “A two footed of the ground sort out ought to be a crimson irrespective of if he received the ball or not, particularly one with that end result.”
A 3rd mentioned: “Deffo two footed. Can’t get his leg wobbling out of my head. Poor lad!”
This fan wrote: “Really feel sick after that horrific leg breaker on Osadebe. Ideas and prayers to him and in addition our personal gamers who have been visibly affected by what they noticed. How can that be a yellow card? Disgraceful”
And one other tweeted: “F*****g hell eyes are watering.”
Supervisor Mark Hughes confirmed that Osadebe will probably be out for a “vital time”.
The Manchester United legend added that his gamers have been “affected emotionally” after what occurred to their team-mate.
Hughes advised BBC Radio Leeds: “It is not excellent news, it is a double break sadly so he will be out for a major time.
“Numerous the lads you can see clearly have been affected emotionally by it, so for them to have the ability to simply get on with their jobs – as a result of we needed to carry on taking part in for Manny’s sake, actually.
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“It wasn’t the opening day that all of us needed for quite a few causes.
“However I believed that they caught at it, confirmed character they usually needed to get about their work and sadly on the day it wasn’t fairly sufficient.
“I feel we deserved it only for our efforts however sadly there’s extra issues which might be essential.”