Puerta's condition worsens
2007-08-28 15:22
Madrid - Sevilla defender Antonio Puerta's condition has worsened since he suffered a heart attack during a Spanish league match on Saturday, the hospital where he was admitted said on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Spanish international is in "very critical" condition in the intensive care unit of Seville's Virgen del Rocio hospital where he is hooked up to life support machine, the hospital said in a statement.
"The clinical evolution of the patient in unfavourable," it said, adding the prolonged cardiac arrest had damaged Puerta's organs and led to a lack of oxygen to the brain.
Puerta collapsed after half an hour of Sevilla's 4-1 win over Getafe on the opening day of the Spanish season.
He was able to walk gingerly to the dressing rooms where he collapsed a second time before being taken to hospital.
In January 2004 Benfica's Hungarian international striker Miklos Feher died during a Portuguese league match from a heart attack just seven months after Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed and died while playing in the Confederations Cup tournament in France.
- SAPA