Panic in France during Marseille-Bordeaux: Nigerian striker Samuel Kalu falls ill and faints, just like Christian Eriksen, but then recovers and leaves the field on his legs
Moments of genuine panic in Marseille-Bordeaux, a match valid for the French Ligue 1. In the opening minutes of the game, the striker of the guests Samuel Kalu he collapsed to the ground while he was in the barrier, waiting for the Marseillais to give a punishment.
Comrades and opponents immediately rushed to his aid, bringing their hands to their hair in desperation and invoking the help of the health workers. Just as happened during Denmark-Finland at Euro 2020, on the occasion of the illness of Eriksen, the footballers are arranged around the colleague who was being revived, to prevent the cameras from filming him.
Fortunately, the ending was different: after a few minutes, after a few moments the Bordeaux player recovered and was able to leave the pitch on his own feet, not without having tried to resume the game. His coach then decided to replace him, but not without controversy for the risk – albeit short – run by the athlete, who evidently was not in the best conditioned to make a decision.
Already in 2019 Kalu had suffered an illness on the pitch, but then the episode was attributed to dehydration due to excessive heat. In the coming days, the Nigerian will undergo the necessary investigations.