If it feels like your opponent is kicking you from behind and at the same time it sounds like he's cracking a whip at you, then it's happened: You've torn your Achilles tendon.
What then follows is often a period of suffering lasting months, the exact duration of which cannot actually be determined at all.
Italian international Leonardo Spinazzola can tell you a thing or two about it.
In the summer of 2021, the Roma defensive star tore his Achilles tendon during the European Championship quarterfinal duel against Belgium in Munich. More than 10 months later, he made his comeback in May 2022.