Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ AZ Alkmaar | 2016/17

[PrinceAli]

Honestly great job to AJ's parents. They've raised a superb man

[Iran_19]

The kid is amazing, his parents should be proud of him.

[bijbij]

whats your source? If he really did then hats off to him. What a good kid.

The commentator said it on the video of the highlights. I will put the link here, but i am not sure if non dutch members can watch it. At the 1 minute mark u can hear it.

http://www.rtlxl.nl/?&_ga=1.70442451.2137793624.1452292689#!/samenvatting-az-dundalk-208189/82e624f2-ce36-43e6-b093-e4523da6722c

[Keano]

I cannot believe I am reading comments resenting his compassion for his teammate who almost died on the pitch before his eyes. What are we? A bunch of "Cool" thugs who have lost values and humanity?

Kudos to ARJ for his big heart and possibly saving his teammate's life!

[mahestan]

I cannot believe I am reading comments resenting his compassion for his teammate who almost died on the pitch before his eyes. What are we? A bunch of "Cool" thugs who have lost values and humanity?

Kudos to ARJ for his big heart and possibly saving his teammate's life!

I don't think you can die from a concussion.

[diz]

I don't think you can die from a concussion.

you can certainly die from blunt trauma to the head, which can cause intracranial hemorrhage and brain edema. This was no joke.

[Keano]

I don't think you can die from a concussion.

Of course you can, when one swallows their tongue and no one comes to their rescue and pull out the tongue, you may die choking...

[Malkay]

I don't think you can die from a concussion.

By the looks of it, ARJ was helping trying to prevent him from "swallowing his tongue", which is basically a commonly confused phrase of a risk that occurs during head related impact injuries (especially concussions). It basically means that when the player is unconscious, he is at a great risk of blocking his breathing passage because his muscles (particularly his tongue) have relaxed.

You can definitely die from no longer breathing!

[mahestan]

you can certainly die from blunt trauma to the head, which can cause intracranial hemorrhage and brain edema. This was no joke.

Of course you can, when one swallows their tongue and no one comes to their rescue and pull out the tongue, you may die choking...

By the looks of it, ARJ was helping trying to prevent him from "swallowing his tongue", which is basically a commonly confused phrase of a risk that occurs during head related impact injuries (especially concussions). It basically means that when the player is unconscious, he is at a great risk of blocking his breathing passage because his muscles (particularly his tongue) have relaxed.

You can definitely die from no longer breathing!

Figured I do a mass quotation. I get what all of you are saying. Of course he could have died if no one would've cleared his airway, but with the amount of players and staff around I am sure no one would let that happen. NFL players beat the hell out of each other and suffer concussions frequently, and the helmet doesn't really do much to prevent their brain from jolting around in their skull, they end up screwing themselves with the constant battering their brain gets.

Anywho, brutal contact between the goalie and the player. Poor guy probably woke up not remembering where he is and what happened. Concussions are not fun.

[KasraKhan]

I love Sardar, but compared to ARJ, Sardar is a 8 year old kid.

ARJ is always full of grace, class, and humility. Proud he represents our nation on the international level.

[littlepersia17]

Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ AZ Alkmaar | 2016/17

So he just witnesses a teammate get knocked unconscious, helps him when he is experiencing a dangerous epilepsy, and yet we criticise him for crying?

You must be pretty emotionless to not be traumatised by those series of events.

Credit to AJ for stopping the tongue from choking his teammate. I'm sure it must of been really painful for him to do that since his teammate would've bitten AJ's fingers pretty hard (there is no control of muscle movement during epilepsy)

[KeonKish]

how are you guys so negative about everything? You guys all suffer from KWD, (keyboard warrior disease). Please stop acting like you are all perfect and tough guys.

ARJ is an amazing and compassionate human, I would be shocked too if my teammate almost died.

[Tehranto]

So he just witnesses a teammate get knocked unconscious, helps him when he is experiencing a dangerous epilepsy, and yet we criticise him for crying?
You must be pretty emotionless to not be traumatised by those series of events.
Credit to AJ for stopping the tongue from choking his teammate. I'm sure it must of been really painful for him to do that since his teammate would've bitten AJ's fingers pretty hard (there is no control of muscle movement during epilepsy)

We have people on this board who criticize how a player rubs his nose or the way they celebrate a goal or what hair style they have. Instead of praising his heroics for potentially saving a life in a split of second decision - they want him to be emotionless and not cry. I am sure everyone who criticized him are perfect in their job and whatever they do in life. Probably the same people who are reduced to tears every time their mother raises their voice at them or when a girl rejected them. Fake tough guy bullshit.

Stuff like this makes me not even want to participate in these discussions anymore. It's just becoming absurd how creative and clever some are in their cynicism. Unfortunately, it's a sign of a miserable person.

[Keano]

Honestly when I found out what the reason behind his crying was, I almost shed some tears, let alone being a teammate with whom almost died right in front of him, for God's sake did you guys even see his fingers covered by blood? How insensitive and judgmental one can be?

I hope ARJ won't be reading these boards...

[pres80]

Honestly when I found out what the reason behind his crying was, I almost shed some tears, let alone being a teammate with whom almost died right in front of him, for God's sake did you guys even see his fingers covered by blood? How insensitive and judgmental one can be?

I hope ARJ won't be reading these boards...

I know that I feel the same as you, Tehranto and others on this but to be honest I can't even begin to fathom people's thought process when they criticize anything AJ did today. To me calling them insensitive implies that I can see where they are coming from but don't agree with them and think they are being harsh. In all honesty I cannot even slightly see where people are coming from when they critisize him, they are not insensitive, they are morons. You should be so lucky to have friends in your life that genuinely care for your well being like AJ did for his team mate.

What he did today trumps all his footballing abilities. A true hero and compassionate soul.