I don’t care that his season ending injury was a blood clot in his right shoulder.
It’s like if a regular person tried to play soccer with a baseball.
It’s only a matter of time before you step on top of it.
That would be the extreme way to look at it.
But that’s a bit of an exaggeration.
It sure looks scary though.
In reality, I’m sure he wasn’t playing for that long.
He seemed to be taking it pretty easy.
He wasn’t going full-speed.
It’s just a game of soccer.
It’s not like he was ramping dirt bikes.
Or skateboarding surprisingly competently like Dennis Schroder.
Dennis Schroder really made some wild decisions in free agency that year.
He turned down $84M from the Lakers.
Then tested fate even further by skateboarding contractless.
All to wind up signing a one-year $6M deal with the Celtics.
You half expect his leg to snap in half every time he takes a step.
But he’s been defying modern science his whole life.
He looks like he can handle himself fine playing a little pick-up soccer with some Costa Ricans.
He’s gotta get out there and exercise.
It’s good for athletes to play other sports.
And it appears he came out unscathed.
So no harm, no foul.
It’s also just very amusing to watch Victor play soccer.
Maybe in a last second corner kick situation.
Just park him in the box and serve one up at his head.
He might not even have to jump.
Or maybe you could put him in goal for penalty kicks.
His wingspan takes up a third of the net alone.
At minimum, he’d make the goal look twice as small for the shooter.
There must be ways to use a man of that size and athleticism.
In any sport, really.
