FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Group B - Denmark v Belgium - Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark - June 17, 2021 Belgium's Axel Witsel during the warm up Pool via REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
BRUSSELS: Axel Witsel has been hailed as Belgium’s “miracle man” after his sooner-than-expected return from a serious Achilles tendon injury, but he said his recovery came with doubt and sacrifice.
The midfielder tore his tendon in early January in Bundesliga action with Borussia Dortmund and, after surgery, was told it could take up to nine months before he played again.
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