OMFG: Wolfsburg player spits out own tooth after Champions League collision
Soccer players get a lot of flak for being drama merchants who embellish the slightest hint of contact on the pitch.
Wolfsburg's Vieirinha wasn't playing around when he hit the turf during a Champions League showdown with Real Madrid on Wednesday, however. How do we know? He spit out his own tooth in the middle of the game.
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After a collision with Toni Kroos in the first half of Woflsburg's upset 2-0 win Wednesday, Vieirinha went down. That's par for the course in soccer.
What happened next isn't.
Here's Vieirinha spitting out his own tooth. The clip is short, but intense.
Gnarly.
Very, very gnarly.
Next time someone says soccer players are a bunch of softies, just show 'em this video.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
