Juan Izquierdo collapsed on the pitch and needed to be taken to the hospital for remedy© AFP
Uruguayan soccer membership Nacional’s defender Juan Izquierdo collapsed on the pitch and needed to be taken to the hospital for remedy through the second leg of the Copa Libertadores Round of 16 encounter towards Sao Paulo at Brazil’s Morumbi Stadium on Thursday. The incident came about within the 84th minute of the match after Izquierdo changed Sebastian Coates for Nacional at half-time. The footballer fell to the bottom unconscious as his teammates rushed in direction of him to cease him from falling. The sport was halted instantly and participant from each groups referred to as for fast medical help for the footballer.
Izquierdo, who was nonetheless unconscious, was taken off the pitch in an ambulance and rushed to the hospital for remedy. “We want a speedy restoration to Nacional participant Juan Izquierdo. May all be effectively as quickly as attainable,” Sao Paulo posted on social media platform X (previously referred to as Twitter).
| El jugador uruguayo Juan Izquierdo, defensor del Nacional, se descompensó en pleno partido contra el São Paulo en el Morumbí, durante la Copa Libertadores. Actualmente, Izquierdo se encuentra en cuidados intensivos y lucha por su vida. pic.twitter.com/CrKN4LKX9t
— Carlos alberto Pedeaña villeras (@PedeanaCarlos) August 23, 2024
The match resumed after the incident and Sao Paulo emerged victorious 2-0 due to targets from Damian Bobadilla and Jonathan Calleri. No targets had been scored within the first leg.
Sau Paulo will now face Botafogo in an all-Brazilian quarter-final on the Copa Libertadores.
The footballer was steady after he was taken the hospital and Nacional took to social media to offer an replace. Their social media submit acknowledged that Izquierdo suffered an irregular heartbeat through the match and he was positioned within the Intensive Care Unit on the Albert Einstein Hospital.
“Juan Izquierdo suffered an irregular heartbeat through the match towards Sao Paulo,” Nacional shared on social media platform X. “He is being handled within the Intensive Care Unit at Albert Einstein Hospital, at present steady and beneath statement.”
