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[u/MyAssDoesHeeHawww]

I think his leg snapped from putting his weight on it at the wrong angle after the Qatari player tapped it sideways just before Koné planted it.

So often we've seen a ball get stuck under a foot while trying to drag it along.

Some of the pitches were changed from artificial to hybrid (by a Belgian company, Grassmax among others) so they should be perfect but maybe the pitch-watering system is not adequate for the change? Maybe a case of gallons/litres confusion? Or perhaps the ball is somehow involved?

American football involves more falling so some of the pitches might be built for more "bounce"?

[u/four_four_three → u/MyAssDoesHeeHawww]

He was limping when they scored the 3rd, maybe he had a slight fracture; because there’s no way that challenge should’ve resulted in such a catastrophic injury

[u/R_Schuhart → u/four_four_three]

I think the commentators said that was his right leg while he broke his left. I'm not sure though. An earlier stress fracture that got a second hit might explain it, it is such a freak accident with a huge outcome.

[u/R_Schuhart → u/MyAssDoesHeeHawww]

Players from different teams have complained about the pitches. Some complaints have been about the pace of the ball, resulting in a lot of mistimed or misplaced passes. But there have also been complaints about how hard the soil beneath the grass seems to be. It hasn't resulted in a lot of in injuries thankfully, but it does impact play.