The world of American football is in mourning. Saturday, Mathieu Garcia, a player of the Scorpions de Muret (Haute-Garonne) team, died on the sidelines of a meeting of the French Championship of the third division against Nîmes. The Independent assures that some of his teammates and the staff of his team have provided him with first aid before help came in.
The Gard firefighters arrived around 9:30 p.m. at the Kaufmann stadium in Nîmes, in an attempt to resuscitate the 32-year-old man, who was then on cardio-respiratory arrest. But despite the intervention of the emergency services and the medical team of the SMUR of Nîmes, the sportsman could not be revived in time. The match then resumed, but firefighters notified the referees of the player's death a few minutes before the final whistle.
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Gepostet von Les Scorpions de Muret am Samstag, 15. Februar 2020According to a Gard spectator quoted by Midi Libre, Mathieu Garcia "who was patient on the edge of the field, collapsed on the ground". A medico-psychological emergency unit has been set up for the two teams. And, in the aftermath of the drama, the Muret Scorpions paid tribute to their former teammate on Facebook.