Football star demands to play on after waking from midgame cardiac arrest

Football star demands to play on after waking from midgame cardiac arrest

A Spanish third-tier match has been deserted after a participant all of a sudden collapsed.

An ambulance rushed to the pitch after Cordoba star Dragisa Gudelj fainted in the course of the recreation in opposition to Racing Ferrol on the Estadio Nuevo Arcangel in Spain, The Sun stories.

The incident came about within the eleventh minute of the primary half in entrance of a nervous crowd.

According to Marca, Gudelj suffered a cardiac arrest and was fortunately revived by the medical crew.

The centre-back left the stadium within the ambulance whereas aware and the group confirmed their assist with a standing ovation.

The 25-year-old gave the impression to be wanting to hold on regardless of the worrying incident however he was finally taken to Reina Sofia hospital for statement.

The recreation was tied 1-1 earlier than the referee suspended the match in Cordoba.

Cordoba assured the followers on social media that Gudelj is in steady situation.

The membership additionally thanked the medical crew that acted swiftly to “save” the Serbian.

Gudelj is the youthful brother of Sevilla ace Nemanja Gudelj, who performs in LaLiga.

Nemanja Gudelj later posted an replace to Twitter about his brother, thanking everybody for his or her concern about Dragisa.

“The life of my brother, (his heart is) still beating, thanks to the medical services of Cordoba CF,” Gudelj wrote.

Cordoba’s chief physician Jose Miguel Bretones additionally supplied an replace..

“Dragi is stable, fine, he hasn’t had any new episode and he feels perfectly well,” Bretones mentioned.

“We have to take things easy with him, study with calm this episode he has had and its causes. Then we’ll see.”

Bretones confirmed that Gudelj had needed to hold on taking part in after he had consciousness.

“We were lucky that he recovered, he was conscious,” he mentioned.

“You have to take into account that for him, it’s as if two seconds had passed, and he thought he could go on playing.”

Dragisa performs predominantly as a centre-back however also can function at left-back.

The versatile defender has amassed a complete of 24 appearances within the Primera Federacion this season.

– This article first appeared on thesun.co.uk and was republished with permission.

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