Cerebral palsy sufferer Matt Ellis has been feeling bitterly disappointed after sustaining an Achillies tendon tear during the BT Paralympic World Cup this week. The injury has come as a disappointment to both Ellis and the British team.
The thirty year old flew in from Miami for the World Cup, which was featuring football for the first time ever, and managed to score the only goal in the win over the USA team. Ellis' glory was short lived unfortunately as he then sustained the injury during a 3-1 defeat by overall competition winners the Netherlands.
Ellis has now been told to rest his tendon until September which will result in him missing the upcoming European Championships which is obviously a disappointment.
"I'm gutted obviously," said Ellis. "I felt a hot pain in the second half of that game against the Dutch and I went over for a scan and it's a torn Achilles. Rather than up the Achilles, it's a 4mm tear across it which is worse apparently.'
Britain however managed to achieve the bronze medal which has come as little comfort for the team who were previously unbeaten throughout 2009.Ellis admitted that the team need to up their training in order to be able to compete against the best.
"Hopefully we can raise our game and play our attacking, flowing brand of football again," said Ellis. "I think the problem is we only play once a month together whereas a lot of the teams train once a week. But we're still feeling good about the European Championships.
The Paralympic World Cup is the largest multi-sport annual elite disability competition in the world and many athletes competed in Manchester this time. The competition has been placed there in order to bridge the gap between the four yearly paralympic games.
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