Malta v England: How Jodi Jones battled back from three ACL injuries to take on the Three Lions
Long before Jodi Jones "ran out of tears" over the injuries that threatened his career, he was crying about the England team he is about to face with Malta.
Jones, who last month helped his club Notts County to promotion from the National League after an epic battle at the top with Wrexham, was only eight when he watched that World Cup quarter-final exit in despair. "The third time it happened my mentality was strong from the first two," he recalled after he hurt his right knee, having suffered the injury twice before on his left.
"I could feel the same feeling as crying but nothing would come out. It was like turning the tap on but no water came out."Jones endured enough heartbreak and setbacks to know how fragile his playing career could be. The three operations saw him sidelined for a total of 897 days, which meant missing 130 games, between November 2017 and August 2021.
The image of Jones thumping his shot home from the top left edge of the box at Meadow Lane then wheeling around to race downfield, pulling his shirt over his head and screaming with euphoria sums up all he had been through and is proof of what he is capable of. As injury stalled Jones' career, Maddison's went on to flourish at Leicester City, earning him a World Cup call-up with England last year.
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