2023-05-28 14:19:07
Sergio Rico, substitute goalkeeper for Paris Saint-Germain. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
PSG’s Spanish goalkeeper, Sergio Rico, suffered a serious head injury on Sunday after an accident on horseback.
The Spanish press revealed this Sunday noon the state considered very worrying of Sergio Rico, substitute goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain. The day after the title of champion of France acquired on the lawn of Strasbourg (1-1), Rico went to El Rocio, a town 80 km south of Seville, in Andalusia, where he suffered an accident and was hit in the head.
According to Spanish media (Channel On , Relief , Brand …), Rico suffered a violent fall on horseback. He was airlifted to Virgen del Rocio Hospital and is believed to have suffered head trauma. The Spaniard isin serious conditionconfirmed a PSG spokesperson, without providing further details. The Iberian press understands that he was sedated.
Eternal substitute in Paris
Rico, 29, hasn’t played any games with PSG this season. He had been loaned by Sevilla FC during the 2019-20 season before committing definitively to Paris, where he was always content with a role of understudy. In the summer of 2021, the arrival of Gianluigi Donnarumma made him PSG’s third goalkeeper, behind Keylor Navas.
The Spaniard, ex-international (1 selection in 2016), was loaned to Mallorca where he held for the first six months of 2022. He has again become PSG’s N.2 goalkeeper since the departure of Navas last January. Rico has played a total of 24 matches for PSG.
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