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Tragic news has shaken French football. Immediately after the end of the match between Lorient and Rennes, valid for matchday 16 of Ligue 1 and played at the ‘Stade du Moustoir’, a field maintenance worker died after staying crushed under the large lamps used for field light therapy– Suddenly collapsed on the man, around 7pm, while working near the special team to warm up the Lorient stadium turf.
The 38-year-old gardener, father of three children, was immediately rescued by doctors, who also performed a heart massage in a desperate attempt to resuscitate him, and by a team of firefighters who arrived at the scene around 7:45 p.m., before being transferred to Scorff hospital, where he died within minutes of his arrival. While the visibly shocked mayor of Lorient was unable to comment on the incident, the police of the Breton town have already begun to work with the opening of an official investigation to understand the causes of the tragedy.
The impact of the players
As reported by the French site ‘ouest-france’, the Lorient management also immediately called a meeting and started an internal investigation together with the stadium security officer. The misfortune obviously overshadowed the result of the match (won by Rennes 3-0) and affected all the players, who were left to remain on the sidelines. the dramatic resuscitation attempts. Among them also those of Rennes coach Julien Stéphan, who at the end of the race and during the press conference gave a thought to the field official who died in the fatal accident.
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