Barcelona beat hosts Cadiz 4-0 on Saturday in stage five of the competition, in a match that was stopped almost half an hour nine minutes before the end due to a heart attack by a host fan in the stands. .
Polish striker Robert Lewandowski went on to start the season brilliantly and became the league’s top scorer, pushing his tally up to six after coming on as a substitute and scoring a second goal (65) after Dutchman Franke de Jong (55) opened the scoring before adding who replaced Ansu Fati (86) and Frenchman Ousmane Dembele (90+2). Two other goals since the restart.
The match was stopped for about thirty minutes in the second half due to a serious health crisis in the stands, and a few minutes later the photographer covering the match passed out, with Barcelona coach Javi Hernandez saying after the match: “We knew it was the heart “. attack, but the victim was resuscitated, this is the most important thing. We are talking about human life and it is much more important than football, we agreed to stop the match and fortunately they were able to save him and we were able to complete it.
Lewandowski is gearing up to return to his former club, Bayern Munich, when he arrives at Barcelona in Bayern Munich next Tuesday for the second round of the Champions League. After a negative draw in the first stage of the current season, Barcelona hit hard in the next five matches in all competitions and scored 20 goals, almost half of which were by Lewandowski, including 6 in the local league and a hat-trick. against Czech Victoria Pilsen (win 5-1) at the beginning of her team’s career In the continental competition Wednesday.
And the Catalan club raised their score to 13 points, one point ahead of Real Madrid, who hosted Mallorca on Sunday, and three points ahead of Villarreal, who beat Real Betis on the same day.
Coach Xavi Hernandez rested many of his players before the match against Bayern, such as Lewandowski, Dembele and Pedri, who came in the second half and played mostly in their place, Ferran Torres, Dutchman Memphis Depay and De Jong, as well as newcomers Hector Bellerin . (mostly) and Marco Alonso (entered in the 78th minute) For the first time with his new team.
The match was stopped in the 81st minute after a Cadiz supporter suffered a health crisis and Ledesma was seen handing over a defibrillator prior to medical intervention. Fans and players seemed to be nervous, with Uruguayan defender Ronaldo Araujo appearing prayed until the referee ordered them to enter the dressing room at the 101st minute.
“They resuscitated the victim, he again had a relapse, and they could not put him in a stable position, in the end they succeeded and they were able to pull him out,” the Catalan newspaper Sport reported, citing the President of Cadiz.
