That is truly awful!

Never heard of Luik before. Where are they from?

I don't think so. It is a horror challenge and from the gif it looks like the player broke his leg, but it was the contribution of both of them going in like idiots which caused this. It wasn't like one player had deliberately gone out and done another player, it was one player diving in like a fool swinging into the studs of a player whose gone into a challenge studs first.

Keane's on AIH was much worse than this. There will be many tackles much worse than this.

The player is Marcin Wasilewski and the tackle was from Axel Witsel apparently Hull City were interested in Wasilewski and were going to sign him in a £2m deal...
The Polish fans aren't happy somebody has edited Witsels Wikipedia page "Jest pierdoloną, jebaną ciotą, która złamała nogę Marcinowi Wasilewskiemu! Niedługo Polacy go zajebią!"...

Witsel is a quality player

They are Standard Liege. Standard Luik was the name that came up in the foreign translation so I just figured they were a smaller side, never thought that they'd be Liege.

The newspaper report said that he might have to retire after this.

That is a joke isn't it? The bloke in red went straight over the ball studs first. It was your classic 'leg breaker' challenge and he deserves a hefty hefty ban.

my polish isn't too good, can you help me out there?

Witsel was the one who 'done him'.

I split up with my Girlfriend so my Polish isn't too great anymore either...
It's been removed from the page now aswell...

The bloke in red has gone in in a horrible way, but if the other player hadn't swung in like he has then there would've been no real problems.

If the guy in red had sped up a touch and nicked it down the touchline then he'd have been kicked in the air by the stupid challenge from the injured guy.

The guy in red has made a lousy challenge, but IMO it was more of a cowards tackle to protect himself than a deliberate attempt to do someone.

not having that at all, the attempted tackle from the player sliding in, is legitimate, I can't for the life of me work out what the other player is trying to do, having watched it about 20 times, other than 'do him'.

I agree. There's no way you go in with your studs raised, with such force that it destroys his leg, to 'protect' yourself.

Nick the ball, jump the challenge, heck, even dive, but to go in with your stoods like that bang on the bullseye isn't protecting yourself, it's pretty savage.

Wikipedia is on fire tonightOn the 30th of August in 2009, Wasilewski suffered a broken leg when Standard Liège's Axel Witsel tried to break his leg and succeeded, it was voted the worst challenge since Martin Taylor's on Eduardo.'"