“Today is going very well, I feel good, I am in good shape. I can do sports, everything is fine so I'm happy. (…) I feel ready to play soccer again! ”Assured Junior Sambia happily during an interview with France Bleu Hérault on Monday . The only known case of Covid-19 in Ligue 1 has now returned to form and will soon return to the field. The 23-year-old defender or environment in Montpellier contracted the coronavirus around April 20 and was hospitalized in an intensive care unit before being plunged into a coma. The young Frenchman, who was released from the hospital in early May, revealed that he was “afraid” for his health.
Symbol of this youth who can also be hard hit by the epidemic, Junior Sambia returned to his fight against the disease: “I don't know how I got it. I had a headache, a stomach ache, there was vomiting, then diarrhea, we thought of a gastro, explains the 23-year-old player. I still tested the Covid, which was negative. (…) I slept in the hospital, but the next day I started to have respiratory problems. The doctors didn't know what I had ... It was only two days before I was released from the hospital that they told me I had the Covid. ” Before expressing his concern for his health: "I was scared at first, when I was having trouble breathing," he explains. After I was no longer aware, I was in a coma. When I woke up, I just felt weak. ”
"It was only 2 days before I left the hospital that they told me that I had # Covid19 (...) Today, I am missing 2-3 pounds, but it's going very well , I have the form "
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Ready for resumption on June 22 with Montpellier
From now on, the former Niort player, who was very surprised and touched by the messages received, admits to being "even more careful". Author of a goal and an assist in 22 matches in all competitions this season with the MHSC (8th in Ligue 1), Junior Sambia confirmed that he had almost found all of his physical means and was ready for the resumption of training with his club, June 22: "There is no embarrassment except that I am missing 2-3 pounds to catch up." Finally, the native of Lyon also spoke about the judgment of Ligue 1: "Even if they resumed abroad, I think that in France, they made the right decision (...) Health is a priority. " All is said.
"Even if they have resumed abroad, I think that in France, they have made the right decision (...) Health is a priority"
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