{"id":368368,"date":"2026-03-27T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/368368\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:14:10","slug":"sammie-szmodics-on-the-mend-after-being-discharged-from-hospital-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/368368\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammie Szmodics \u2018on the mend\u2019 after being discharged from hospital \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland-mnt\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland-mnt\/\">Republic of Ireland<\/a> attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/sammie-szmodics\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/sammie-szmodics\/\">Sammie Szmodics<\/a> has said he is \u201con the mend\u201d after he was knocked unconscious during Thursday night\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/soccer\/2026\/03\/26\/ireland-suffer-penalty-heartbreak-in-prague-as-czech-republic-march-on-to-playoff-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/soccer\/2026\/03\/26\/ireland-suffer-penalty-heartbreak-in-prague-as-czech-republic-march-on-to-playoff-final\/\">World Cup playoff semi-final defeat<\/a> to the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/football-association-of-ireland-fai\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/football-association-of-ireland-fai\/\">FAI<\/a> confirmed that Szmodics, having spend the night in hospital in Prague, has since been discharged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Szmodics replaced Jayson Molumby during extra-time at the Fortuna Arena but soon after his introduction was involved in a heavy collision with Czech defender Stepan Chaloupek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Referee Glenn Nyberg halted play while the 30-year-old received medical attention on the pitch before being stretched off, Harvey Vale coming on as his replacement for his debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">On Friday morning, Szmodics tweeted: \u201cAppreciate everyone\u2019s messages. And thank you to the medical staff who acted so quickly to help me. On the mend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gutted the way it ended. Fans and boys immense all evening !! <\/p>\n<p>Appreciate everyone\u2019s messages. And thank you to the medical staff who acted so quickly to help me. On the mend \ud83c\udf40\ud83d\udc9a\ud83e\udd0d<\/p>\n<p>We go again COYBIG<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Szmodics (@SamSzmodics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamSzmodics\/status\/2037438070622970206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The FAI added: \u201cFollowing further tests and a period of observation, (Szmodics) has been safely discharged from hospital \u2013 and will continue his recovery under the care of the Republic of Ireland &amp; Derby County medical teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Speaking after the game, Hallgr\u00edmsson said: \u201cSammie was unconscious on the ground, but we have good doctors and they took care of him on the grass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cHe\u2019s now at hospital and back to consciousness. He\u2019s just being tested and checked and monitored and he will stay here tonight and hopefully fly back to Ireland tomorrow (Friday).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image audio_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774515586178-cbde1ffa-9ddb-4c21-8524-04af09cf8dad.jpeg\"\/>\u200a&#8217;It&#8217;s really hard to take&#8217;: Ireland&#8217;s penalty heartbreak after early dominance<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland attacker Sammie Szmodics has said he is \u201con the mend\u201d after he was knocked unconscious&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[13446,61,60,1842,6706,112],"class_list":["post-368368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-football-association-of-ireland-fai","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-republic-of-ireland-mnt","tag-sammie-szmodics","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}