2023-06-03 21:31:40
He is present in everyone’s mind and honored by an entire stadium. This Saturday evening, the Parc des Princes warmly supported Sergio Rico, Paris Saint-Germain’s second goalkeeper. While his club is about to receive its 11th title of champions of France, at the end of this match against Clermont, the player, seriously injured last Sunday in an accident involving a horse, is still hospitalized in intensive care in Seville ( Spain).
At the time of the announcement of the composition, the number 16 was warmly applauded, then the Auteuil tribune began “Sergio Rico” several times, taken up and repeated by all the supporters. The Parisian ultras then deployed a huge red and blue jersey, flocked with the player’s name and number.
Just after Sergio Ramos opened the scoring, precisely in the 16th minute, a new photo of Sergio Rico was deployed, this time in the Paris stand, when the defender hastened to show the name of his teammate . The stadium announcer then invited the entire Parc des Princes to pay tribute to the player. A long minute of applause followed.
A Rico jersey brandished by Mbappé
In the process, just after scoring his 29th goal in Ligue 1 this season, Kylian Mbappé immediately went to the bench, to recover and brandish a jersey for his hospitalized teammate. A gesture welcomed by the whole stadium.
As soon as the players warmed up, the tributes multiplied. Shortly before 8 p.m., a tarp in honor of the Sevillian had been deployed in the central circle of the lawn of the Parc des Princes. Below the photo of Sergio Rico, in Paris Saint-Germain uniform, was the hashtag “#ÁnimoSergioRico”, to understand “Courage Sergio Rico”. At the start of the match, a long banner “Courage Sergio” was displayed by the ultras of the Auteuil bend.
As for the players, they all wore a T-shirt with a photo of the player during the warm-up, and will play the first half with a jersey bearing their usual numbers, but with the name of the Spanish goalkeeper.
A banner unfurled in Coubertin on Friday evening
Already on Friday evening, on the occasion of the Paris Saint-Germain handball title match, the members of the CUP had unfurled a first banner for their second goalkeeper. “Sergio, we are fighting by your side,” read the Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium. A banner that they deployed again this Saturday in the 16th minute.
Since last Sunday, following an accident involving horseback in the Andalusian town of El Rocío, Sergio Rico has been at the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital in Seville (Spain), in the intensive care unit. “Sergio Rico remains stable with no significant changes to report over the past 24 hours. His general condition remains serious, ”explained the health establishment in its last press release on Friday. Unless there is a significant change this weekend, the next communication about his state of health should be made on Monday.
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