The Polish
Wojciech Szczesny
, Juventus goalkeeper, scared everyone in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinal against Sporting de Portugal by asking for the change just before the break, visibly stunned and putting his hand to his chest with a visible gesture of bewilderment and concern.
In the 42nd minute, the goalkeeper, just before Sporting put a corner kick into play, put his hand to his chest and discussed his general malaise with his Italian teammate Manuel Locatelli.
Quickly, the Italian asked for assistance for his teammate, who did not faint and walked off the playing field under her own power.
The Italian Mattia Perin entered the field in the place of a Szczesny who left Juventus Stadium to an applause, although visibly affected.
The Polish goalkeeper saved Lionel Messi from a penalty in the World Cup in Qatar.
It was in Argentina's 2-0 win over Poland in the last game of the group stage.
Wojciech Szczęsny's situation quickly brought back two unhappy memories.
The first, in Euro 2020, which was played in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, when the Danish
Christian Eriksen (30 years old)
fainted on the field of play in the match against Finland.
His heart stopped for a few seconds and he was revived by the doctors.
Now the Danish midfielder managed to recover, they placed a pacemaker and played again: this Thursday he was in the duel between Manchester United and Sevilla.
Wojciech Szczesny leaves the field of play.
REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
The other case is that of
Sergio Kun Agüero
.
The Argentine forward was 34 years old when on October 30 he felt chest pain in a match between Barcelona and Alavés.
He was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia and had to retire as a professional footballer.
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