German national team coach cracked his ribs while playing football in Vietnam

There is a little-known detail that the current coach of the German national team, Joachim Low, suffered a cracked rib while playing football at Thong Nhat Stadium (HCMC) in 1992, and was treated at Cho Ray Hospital.

Between 1992 and 1994, the current coach of the German world champion Joachim Low played for the Swiss team Winterthur, and this team had a tour in Ho Chi Minh City in 1992.

That year, Joachim Low's Winterthur team played at Thong Nhat Stadium against the Ho Chi Minh City team, with the core of the players from the Ho Chi Minh City CA. In the match, Joachim Low (then 32 years old) playing in the attacking midfielder position, collided with midfielder Liem Thanh of the Ho Chi Minh City team and suffered a fractured rib.

Joachim Low has memories of Vietnamese football, Thong Nhat Stadium (HCMC) and... Cho Ray Hospital.

Immediately, the current coach of the German team was taken to Cho Ray Hospital (HCMC) for emergency treatment, and the person who directly took Mr. Low to the hospital at that time was Mr. Duong Vu Lam (currently the Chief Representative of the Southern Office of VFF).

Mr. Lam said: "Fortunately, the injury was not too serious. Joachim Low's ribs were only cracked, not broken, so the doctors at Cho Ray Hospital at that time only fixed Mr. Low's wound, along with a message that the cracked ribs would heal on their own after a short time."

“When he was a player, Joachim Low’s technical ability was just average, this is something many people probably know, because Low was not a star player in Germany or Switzerland. That’s why I was very surprised when Mr. Low became the coach of the German national team, and was the one who helped this team win the world championship!” – Mr. Duong Vu Lam added.

3 years after coming to Vietnam to play a friendly football match, Mr. Joachim Low hung up his boots (at the time he hung up his boots, Low played for Swiss club Frauenfeld), before starting his professional football coaching career at club Frauenfeld, at the age of 35./.

According to Dantri