The Lost Days of Raúl Jiménez

Raúl Jiménez does not remember rising for the header that nearly ended his career.

His partner, Daniela Basso, can never forget it.

For 45 minutes, she feared he might be dead.

Now she must cope with seeing him play again.

Raúl Jiménez remembers arriving in London with his Wolverhampton Wanderers teammates. He remembers walking onto the field at the Emirates Stadium an hour or so before that November game against Arsenal, briefly taking in his surroundings and heading back inside to get changed. He would, as usual, be leading the Wolves attack.

After that, everything is blank.

All he has of the five days that followed are snapshots, fuzzy and inchoate. He knows he was in the hospital. Nurses…