Granada-Athletic suspended due to the death of a fan in the stands

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He Granada-Athletic This Sunday has been suspended due to the death of a fan in the stands. The follower suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest, Therefore, the clash was initially stopped in the 18th minute, but was postponed when the sad news was learned that the fan had not been able to be revived and had died.

“A Granada season ticket holder has died and we are very saddened by what has happened,” explained Alfredo García Amado, the general director of Granada. “Near where he happened there were two of our colleagues who work in medical services, but they could not be revived from the cardiac arrest he suffered,” the executive then indicated, explaining that “five minutes before” two incidents had occurred. more health in the stadium.

“That is a misfortune”

“But coincidentally, next to the subscriber there were a doctor and a health worker, who tried to revive him,” said the general director of Granada, who wanted to “clarify the moment of nervousness that was experienced in the stadium.” He was referring to the executive that everything has happened in the “inner ring” of Nuevo Los Cármenes.

“Our health services were caring for our subscriber, but he was unable to revive him. It is a misfortune that we have had to live through,” he said, thanking Athletic for their attitude (“a great club,” said García Amado), praising their “understanding.” shown by the Basque club.

Tragic news

The tragic news was filling the silence of the Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in the Andalusian city, which kept a respectful silence, fearing the worst. And the worst came, despite the fact that at the beginning it was indicated that “a healthcare in the stands There is a person in serious condition. He continues to revive and it is not possible to transfer him because he is not stable “-

This is how Granada reported until minutes later when they revealed that the match was interrupted when the fatal outcome was confirmed. The League issued a statement explaining the tragic news, which left Spanish football frozen.

The fan had died, which caused the match to be suspended, thanks to Unai Simón, Athletic’s goalkeeper, who was the first to warn of the seriousness of the incident.

The Granada and Athletic players retired to changing rooms after remaining on the field for twenty minutes after stopping the game.

At the request of Unai Simón

According to the club, a male approximately 70 years old began to convulse, victim, at first, of a heart attackwhich caused numerous fans in that area to alert the health workers.

The referee of the crash, the Madrid native Ortiz Ariasmade to stop the game a few moments before and stopped it definitively in the minute 18 also at the request of the Granada bench and the Athletic goalkeeper Unai Simón.

With a defibrillator

Several health workers present in the stadium and medical assistants from the Granada and Athletic benches went to that area with a defibrillator. In the 38th minute, after a twenty-minute break, Ortiz Arias sent the teams to the locker room, while the public address system reported that the game was stopped while a person in the stands was treated for an emergency.

At the time of the break, in the 18th minute of the first half, the score It was 0-1 in favor of Athletic thanks to a bit of Inaki Williams in the 6th minute. Finally, the club announced over the public address system that the match was suspended and the fans left the stands.

A respectful silence as the audience understood the gravity of what they had just experienced. The death of a Granada subscriber, as the Andalusian club confirmed shortly afterwards in a message on its X account (formerly Twitter).

“Unai, Unai!”

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It was the 39th minute when the game was suspended. It had been Unai Simón, the Athletic goalkeeper, who had warned on two occasions of the seriousness of what was happening in the Nuevo Los Cármenes stands where that fan suffered cardiac arrest. A stoppage from which he could not recover, which is why LaLiga announced the suspension with a 0-1 score for Athletic.

While waiting with fear for the outcome, Nuevo Los Cármenes wanted to pay tribute to Unai Simón, who gave the alarm signal. “Unai, Unai!” shouted the Andalusian public before leaving the venue in silence, and in an orderly manner, without any incident, all shocked by the death of that fan.



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