Aaron Bouwman ruled out for a month with bruised lung after Van Bommel challenge

[p]In the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ajax-8UOvIwnb/psv-M9UEHJWi/?mid=YgDvvf3b"]81st minute of Saturday's game[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bommel-ruben/djWkTIzc/"]Van Bommel[/a] lunged into [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bouwman-aaron/rRxXBjM5/"]Aaron Bouwman[/a]'s chest and head without making an effort to head the ball. Bouwman went down hard and stayed down in agony, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psv/M9UEHJWi/"]PSV[/a] got engaged in a massive scuffle that resulted in four yellow cards.[/p][p]Ajax revealed on Sunday that Bouwman had suffered a bruised lung and bruises to his sternum. The defender will stay in hospital until at least Sunday evening and is ruled out for the remainder of September.[/p][embed guid="38f2d3c1-f0c8-4bf1-b194-201d06d94e12" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2096344300338417890?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Referee Sander van der Eijk left it at a yellow card for Ruben van Bommel, a decision which officiating chief Raymond van Meenen [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/officiating-chief-admits-van-bommel-should-ve-been-sent-off-for-bouwman-charge/Qs0T8HHL/"]confirmed on Sunday was wrong[/a]. [/p][p][b]"It’s not that complicated. Van Bommel goes into this aerial challenge with such force and speed that he poses a threat to his opponent’s safety. That warrants a red card. And it has nothing to do with an elbow or anything like that. In this case, his body is the ‘weapon’," [/b]Van Meenen told [a href="https://www.ad.nl/voetbal/scheidsrechtersbaas-kraakhelder-over-veelbesproken-beuk-bij-ajax-psv-lichaam-is-hier-wapen-dus-rood~a64a2a0f/"][i][b]AD[/b][/i][/a].[/p][p]Ajax will play three games in the remainder of September, with Fortuna Sittard the last away game before hosting Excelsior and NEC.[/p][infobox id="7e3b12a0-8b09-4d80-a9ed-f734b143168f" /]