SEVILLA midfielder Antonio Puerta died yesterday, three days after he collapsed during the Spanish League opener against Getafe.
And just hours after the Spanish international’s death, Leicester City’s Clive Clarke collapsed at halftime in the locker room during the English League Cup match at Nottingham Forest, forcing the game to be abandoned.
Puerta, 22, was able to walk from the field, but suffered a heart attack in the locker room and at least one more in Seville hospital’s emergency department on Sunday.
A star in Sevilla’s successful UEFA Cup defence last season and the club’s top-three league finish, Puerta collapsed about half an hour into his club’s 4-1 victory.
At Forest, where Australians Patrick Kisnorbo and James Wesolowski were also playing for Leicester, fans were told by the rival managers what had happened (Full Story)
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