a rare disease that almost cost Messi's life an accident that changed Ronaldo's career some of the best ballers in the world are still lucky to be alive and if your namey are man you know you're blessed because before his career even started it almost never began back in 1992 Neymar was just 4 months old when his family decided they'd go on a road trip trip to visit some family members because he was only a toddler they strapped him in his car seat in the back so they'd be able to watch over and protect him they
didn't want him falling out but this road trip almost cost him little Neymar's life as they went up the mountains it suddenly became very dark and pretty soon Neymar's dad couldn't see anything and then boom a hellish storm broke out the rain didn't stop pounding and the tires were screeching loud Neymar's dad thought had control of the situation but as he hit the brakes to stop it didn't budge that's when he knew he was only a few seconds away from losing his entire family a freakish accident there was blood everywhere Neymar's dad was injured and
his mom too but all they could think about was little Neymar and that's when they realized he was nowhere to be seen they searched the back called his name waited for an answer but nothing Neymar's mom was really freaking out and panicking but his dad D knew his little son was special so he tried the call again and this time a miracle they found him in a bush dangling from his car seat and with a cut to his head so they immediately called an ambulance and Heather kid rush to the hospital all they could think
about was Neymar so they prayed and the doctors promised they'd do everything to save little Neymar's life a couple of hours later they came out with the news Neymar's okay he's responding to treatment and is doing well the leading has stopped incredible neamar knows he's lucky to still be alive and seeing him go from almost losing his life to becoming one of the best players in the game it's awesome but Neymar isn't the only South American meast Star who almost died because just 761 Mi across the border liono Messi was only a few inches away
from Landing in his grave see back in 2017 Barcelona went up against Juventus in the Champions League and Messi needed to win one because of juventus's new kid Paulo deala was becoming so good people had serious eyes on him and after scoring twice in the first leg to give UV a three to nothing everyone started calling him the new Messi just to mock Leo and get it into his head Messi knew he had to turn up big time or else he'd be letting his fans down and haters would have had the last laugh and damag
his reputation now he wasn't just playing for himself he was playing for everyone who'd ever worn his shirt and cheered him on so when the second leg began and there was only one thing on Messi's mind rise to the occasion and end the debate the match was tough freaking hell these guys were monsters Warriors they fought for everything as the half was coming to an end Messi decided to stun the whole crowd and pull off something he'd rarely done so the little magician leftt up to go higher than everyone else but his Landing almost cost
him his life Messi's one lucky dude man after the freak accident the docks decided to do a check on him and what they discovered had messy thanking his lucky stars bleo if you had landed just 2 mm higher you would have snapped your neck and the impact would have likely killed you instantly wa now even though they didn't win the match the Barca fans were relieved Messi only came out with a minor neck injury and was able to walk off the field not like Fernando Torres though nah his head injury was so bad he was
literally a few seconds away from Death in 2017 a couple of bad moves abroad Fernando Torres made up his mind to come back home for a second spell the guy's a God in Elo Madrid his legacy there is for life but this one time he came face to face with death in a match against deportiva Laruna at lady were losing and they knew they had to win because the Champions League qualification was at stake and teams behind them were catching up they needed someone to rescue the game because time was running up fast so Diego
Simone turned looked at the bench and gave the signal Fernando you're up man go in there and make a difference I believe in you everyone is counting on you Torres came in with one thing on his mind rescuing his team and becoming a hero again to his fans but he didn't know that just a few minutes later he'd be the one thing they'd all have to rescue with just 6 minutes left the score was one each and the whole stadium was tense it was a straight on fight so they were going for every tackle every
ball and bang Torres got hit in the head from the back and it looked like a normal tackle until the blood began to flow and when everyone saw red the game stopped and the tears flowed damn I've never been that scared in my life and I don't even know the guy his teammates the officials and even the fans couldn't look everyone was just praying hard that he'd make it but some were thinking this was the end for Torres and as the ambulance came in it looked like it'd be the last time the world would ever
see Fernando Torres until a miracle happened hours later the news came out Torres had survived it was only a concussion that made him bleed and to ease the tension when he went on Instagram and posted a selfie of himself in the hospital bed recovering amazing Torres knows he's lucky too because he was able to recover and continue his career he didn't have to stay unconscious like his former teammate petek now his injury was so severe it shattered his brain and made him lose his memory pet is an absolute Legend at Chelsea he's won every trophy
possible he's one of the all-time greats but it could have been completely different because for all the saves he's made throughout his career he almost couldn't save his life in October 2006 Chelsea played reading at the Premier League as the match went on Czech was trying to be dominant in his position so when he was rushing up for every ball that came to him he collided with Steven hunt something looked different though see Czech didn't move and some ring guys even thought he was time wasting but as they got closer they realized Czech was fighting
for his life immediately the medical team came in to see if they could do anything but the situation was completely out of control Czech was unconscious and to make it worse they found he had a fractured skull there was no way he was playing after that so immediately got subbed off and taken straight to the hospital for surgery according to Czech himself he couldn't even get up for 10 days his skull wasn't the only thing broken though because his jaw had been sewn up with metal plates a couple of weeks after the incident chck was
feeling okay and some reporters decided they'd interview him to find out what really happened and what the entire experience was like but cck's answer shocked the entire room if I'm being honest I don't remember anything all I know is I came out rushing to collect the ball fell down and woke up in a hospital but thankfully for Czech it turned out okay the thing is he had to wear a mask from that point on to protect himself but when your mask becomes so legendary it even gets featured on FIFA career mode it's a happy end
ending after cck retired kind of thought that'd be the last time we'd see protective headgear in the Premier League until an injury so nasty left this next dude needing a miracle to survive were expecting him to do the job but David Louie wasn't prepared to let him in that easily so they both went full on for the ball and as they clashed and fell the whole world stopped to watch because what happened next was a matter of life and death David came out okay a few minutes after but jenz was out cold the medical team
had to bring in the emergency oxygen tank but it wasn't working and everyone started panicking so they rushed him to the hospital immediately and the looks on the doctor's faces in the ER confirm their biggest fears we need to do surgery immediately see JIS suffered a major traumatic brain injury a skull fracture and was bleeding inside his brain as they were operating on him the doctors explained the whole situation to his family we're afraid that even if the surgery is a success he might never play football again but JZ he's a warrior man he never
gave up his road to recovery was freaking long 9 full months and the next season jimz returned to play for wolves again and even the opposition fans were cheering him on because he survived and one of the biggest motivators was Czech yeah Czech texted me when I needed when I wanted he was there he helped the doctors pick out special helmets for me amazing Czech and JZ were fighting for their lives because of the injuries they had but this next dude had zero contact with anyone and his accident was so scary it changed the rules
of the game completely in the opening game of Euro 2020 Christian Ericson and his Denmark team were up against Finland see Erikson is Denmark's star man so coming into this one he had all eyes and hopes behind him but in the 41st minute of the game Erikson started running funny and some fans were noticing so they had eyes on him and as he came closer to them he couldn't take it anymore fell on the spot and died tears were everywhere Ericson's wife couldn't believe it she and the rest of the world were watching praying hoping
Ericson would give him a sign but he didn't move they tried CPR mouth to mouth but nothing and as they rushed him to the hospital the fans couldn't stop crying all hope was lost until Christian came back to life thanks to the help of the defri Ericson got charged back to life and when asked about what he remembered he even admitted that he died I remember it all except for those few minutes that I was in heaven what a miracle Ericson came back and because of this injury fifas made sure that every stadium has emergency
defibrillators on site when he moved to United in the summer he and his new teammate Cristiano got talking and as Ericson was recounting his story it made Ronaldo flash back to the day he almost lost his life all because of his ego in 2009 Manchester United were coming off a defeat to Derby County in the League Cup up semi-finals and you know Ronaldo he hates losing his coach Alex Ferguson called for practice the next morning to get the boys all sharpened up after the defeat when it was time for practice Ronaldo wasn't there he slept
in and after waking up and realizing he had only 20 minutes to get to training he pulled up to the fastest Ferrari in his garage and hit the gas and that's when everything changed for Christiano see he was going really fast and the grease on the road got into his tires and before he knew what was going on Boom it was too late the car was completely wrecked and no one was even sure if Ronaldo would make it so when they saw him crawling out a few minutes later everyone breathed a big sigh of relief
Ronaldo came out alive and went on to become the goat the crazy thing is the Ferrari Ronaldo crashed isn't even top 10 on his most expensive list I bet there's a ton of stuff you didn't know about CR7 so just hit the link below to find out all the crazy things he's been hiding
