Fireworks can cost the Galatasaray player partial vision



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Omar Elabdellaoui, 29, was rescued from his home and is admitted to a hospital in Istanbul, accompanied by club officials. The player has already been operated

The celebrations of the beginning of the new year ended badly for Omar Elabdellaoui. At home, the Galatasaray footballer had, on Friday morning, an accident involving the use of fireworks and had to be admitted to a hospital in Istanbul.

According to the Turkish club and information from the press in that country, the Norwegian defender is stable, but suffered burns on both hands and serious damage to one eye, which can lead to partial loss of vision due to the explosion of pyrotechnic articles.

Meanwhile, Omar Elabdellaoui was visited during the last night by Arda Turan, Fatih Terim and Abdurrahim Albayrak, captain, president and vice president of Galatasaray, respectively, who went to the hospital in the Turkish capital to find out the player’s condition. 29 years.

Vedat Kaya, a doctor at the Istanbul hospital responsible for Elabdellaoui’s treatment, revealed that the player has already undergone surgery, is not even life-threatening, but will undergo a new surgery. There is no prediction of when he will be able to return to the field of play.

“He came to our hospital around 12:00 last night. There are injuries in both eyes, but in one eye. We did the necessary tests. I came in with my friend, a plastic surgeon and an ophthalmic team, and we operated on him. her room and condition are quite good compared to yesterday, but she will need a new operation, we have no decision in our eye at this time. [sábado]”said the clinician.

Omar Elabdellaoui moved to Galatasaray from earlier in the 2020/21 season from Olympiacos (Greece). So far, he has played 13 games and served 1,007 minutes in the Turkish jersey.



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