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Ryan Mason concerned for Man Utd and Wales ace Daniel James after head injury
Ryan Mason questioned the decision to allow Daniel James to carry on playing for Wales after the winger suffered a head injury.
Daniel James appeared to be knocked out after clashing with an opposition player during Wales’ Euro 2020 qualifying game against Croatia on Sunday night.
However, the Manchester United winger was then allowed to carry on playing, a decision which shocked Ryan Mason.
Mason, who was forced into early retirement after he fractured his skull during a match between Hull and Chelsea in 2017, believes James should have been substituted.
The incident happened early on in the game, with Croatia 1-0 up after a goal from Nikola Vlasic.
Daniel James was just knocked out unconscious!
As James went in for a header he made contact with Croatia’s Domagoj Vida, which resulted in the Welshman left laying motionless on the field.
Medical staff quickly ran onto the pitch to help James, as the player appeared to have been knocked out cold from the collision.
However, just a few minutes later James returned to the field and ended up playing the full 90 minutes, a decision Mason questioned on Twitter.
“Daniel James was just knocked out unconscious!” He tweeted.
“Yet 3 minutes later he has been allowed back onto the pitch.”
However, James insisted that he is okay and thinks the footage made the incident appear worse than it actually was.
“Yeah, I think it looks a lot worse than it was,” he said.
“I know the doctors rushed on quick, but they’ve got to these days.
"Thankfully he didn’t really catch me, maybe it’s the way I’ve gone down but now I’m alright.”
Wales ended up drawing the match 1-1 thanks to a Gareth Bale equaliser at the end of the first-half.
Daniel James was just knocked out unconscious! Yet 3 minutes later he has been allowed back onto the pitch ??????♂️
— Ryan Mason (@RyanMason) October 13, 2019
And after the game Wales manager Ryan Giggs insisted the necessary checks on James had been carried out.
“[James] stayed down, he was a bit streetwise,” Giggs said.
“He told the doctors 'I am just not moving and sitting still' not to get anyone sent off, but just using his nous.
“We did all the tests at half time and he was fine."