After 11 months out Beth Mead is back, but it has been a difficult and emotional rehabilitation for the Arsenal and England forward.
ACL injuries usually take at least 10 months to recover from, meaning all four of Arsenal's players would miss the summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.When Mead first went down in injury time at Emirates Stadium almost 12 months ago, she thought she had picked up a routine knock.
Mead was England's top scorer at their previous major tournament, helping the Lionesses make history to win the European Championship at Wembley in 2022.Having been in the form of her life, the 28-year-old was set to miss the World Cup. She had eight months to recover in time for England's opener against Haiti on 22 July. Unlikely, but there was still an outside shot.
Miedema left the field on a stretcher after falling awkwardly off the ball in a match against Lyon in December"We were very fortunate we didn't kill each other," joked Mead. Weeks after undergoing knee surgery Mead was voted BBC Sports Personality of the year in December 2022Again the forward's support group of family, friends and Arsenal and England team-mates were there for her.
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