Arsenal's Ljungberg struck down by
lump of cheese
tribalfooball.com - November 16, 2006
Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg was struck down earlier this
week - by a piece of cheese!
The Sun says the Arsenal star made history on Monday as the first
star to twice be voted Sweden's Player of the Year.
But the midfielder, who has an intolerance to the foodstuff,
accidentally swallowed some cheese with his meal at the posh
Stockholm awards do and was left vomiting into a bin.
He told stunned kitchen staff: "Either I'll be OK or you're going
to have to call me an ambulance in 40 minutes and take me to
hospital."
Luckily, he recovered and travelled with the Sweden squad for their
midweek friendly against the Ivory Coast in France.
Ljungberg revealed: "I am allergic to cheese and probably got it
from the awards dinner on Monday night.
"I really wanted to play against Ivory Coast but I couldn't
see."