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Alex Apolinário, 24, caused a panic in Alverca-U. Almeirim, when he fell lifeless on the field of play, in cardiorespiratory arrest, in the 27th minute of the match of the 10th day of the Series F of the Portuguese Championship.
According to the latest clinical update provided to JN by a club source, on Sunday night the Alverca midfielder was “stable, sedated and at rest” at the Vila Franca Hospital in Xira.
“We received an alert to help a male victim at the FC Alverca Sports Complex at 11.30 am and, two minutes later, we left for the place, where VMER de Loures was also, two vehicles and four men,” explained the commander. Alberto Fernandes, from the Alverca Fire Department, added that first aid, by means of a defibrillator, provided by the club’s health professionals, in the field, may have been essential.
“The sooner the help, the greater the probability and quality of life of survival,” he explained. According to what has been learned, the 48 hours after the event will be decisive. “Now we are concerned about the recovery of the man and not the footballer. We will have faith,” they vent to Alverca.
The game was immediately discontinued and subsequently postponed until a date to be determined. Contacted by JN, the hospital unit where Alex Apolinário is admitted did not want to make a statement, but sent the update of the clinical situation to Monday.
“Immediately after the prayer wheel made by all those present, in the center of the field of our stadium, Alex Apolinário managed to stabilize his situation and was removed, at the discretion of the first responders,” Alverca said in a statement.
JN was also informed that the players, coaches and staff of both teams were seen, on the field of play, crying, kneeling and praying, in an image that revealed the panic that the whole situation caused in those present.
“The resuscitation maneuvers continued in the vehicle that took him to the hospital,” said Commander Alberto Fernandes. “From the fall to the departure of the player to the hospital, 25 minutes will have passed. The doctors wanted to get him out of the situation,” a source from Alverca told us, grateful for the help of opponents, doctors and firefighters.
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