Bordeaux coach Albert Rijera was the first to speak out about the truly terrible scene from the match between Bordeaux and Gengano in Ligue 2 when Albert Ellis was taken to the hospital.
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“I think he hit the ball first and then I hit him. I was also dazed for a second and he passed out. I hope he is well“, said immediately after the match between Bordeaux and Gengan Donatien Gomis, who collided heads with Albert Elisom and sent him to the hospital!
In the 34th second of the Ligue 2 match between Bordeaux and Gengano, the striker from Honduras suffered a serious head injury, after which he first had to be immobilized and taken to the hospital, and later put into an induced coma, and now his club has announced everything. Former Liverpool football player and now Girondins coach Albert Rijera was the first to say a few words.
“My first words will be for Albert. We talked to the doctor and we can’t say anything yet. He’s in the hospital and that’s all we’ll say. This victory is for him“, Rijera said after the 1:0 triumph.
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The coach of Gengan, Stefan Dumon, also spoke. “Before we start talking about football, I hope everything will be fine with Albert because that is the priority. First we think about the health of the players“, he emphasized.
The Swede in the goal of Bordeaux, Karl Johan Johnson, was the only Girondin player who appeared before the media and described how difficult it was to deal with what happened at the very beginning of the match. “For the first time in my career, something like this happened to me. It’s really hard, I cried. At halftime they told us he was awake, but now we don’t know anything. We’ll see on Sunday“, he emphasized.
(WORLD, NL)