Ukrainian Soccer Player Saves Opponent’s Life After he Gets Knocked Unconscious

A very scary situation turned heroic during a Ukrainian Premier League game on Sunday between Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Dynamo Kiev. After Oleg Gusev got knocked unconscious by an inadvertent knee from the goalie, defenseman  Jaba Kankava came to the immediate rescue of his opponent, making sure that his tongue didn’t block his air passage.

The team announced that Gusec has a “closed craniocerebral injury, medium severity concussion, facial soft tissue bruise, big graze on the face, mandibular joint bruise and damage of three teeth.”

[Pro Soccer Talk]