A fan dies in the stands during Granada – Athletic due to cardiorespiratory arrest

He Granada – Athletic of this Sunday has been left suspended Due to the death in the stands of a fan due to cardiorespiratory arrest. The match was stopped for a few minutes due to the event and definitively suspended when the tragic news became known.

“From the Entity we want to send our most sincere condolences to the family and friends, as well as to the entire Granada family. The match between Granada CF and Athletic Club, suspended after the death of a member of our Club”, he lamented from Granada. “LaLiga and both clubs have agreed to suspend the match due to the death of the fan in Los Cármenes. “Athletic Club deeply regrets the event and sends a message of encouragement to their families,” the visiting team stated, for its part, with the social network X as a channel to officially communicate what happened.

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“Granada CF suspended vs. Athletic de Bilbao due to the sad death of a fan at the Nuevo los Cármenes Stadium. We accompany his family and friends, as well as all the Granada CF fans, in their feelings. The date and time for the resumption of the match will be announced soon,” was the message from LaLiga through his X corporate account.

The Spanish championship does not have any protocol for action in cases like this, but rather it acts and decides at the moment. In this case, as Granada has made official in a statement, the match has been “suspended indefinitely”.

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He Athletic Club traveled to the Los Cármenes Stadium to face the Granada CF in the match corresponding to matchday 16 of LaLiga. The Nasrid complex is located in the drop zone, since it has only seven points in 15 days played. These poor results have led to the dismissal of Paco López as Granada coach. His successor, Alexander Medina, arrived with a very important duty: to redirect the bitter path that crosses the Granada. For the Basque team the situation is different, leading the fifth position with 28 points.

It was only minute six when the eldest of the Williams brothers, Yoñaki, opened the scoring for the visitors. Lekue rushed the baseline and placed it for Iñaki to finish with a diving header. It was his eighth goal in 16 games. But with less than twenty minutes of the match played, Unai Simón warned the referee that something had happened in the stands. The Granada doctors jumped onto the court and the match stopped completely. The players went to the benches, in what appeared to be a long wait.

After a few minutes of suspense and confusion, everything pointed to it being resolved, and the referee was waiting for the okay definitive to resume the meeting. However, after fifteen minutes with the game stopped, and while the stands sang in unison “Unai, Unai” from the stands, for being in charge of raising the alarm, both teams went to the locker room tunnel. The doctors proceeded to place a sheet in the vomitorium to maintain the privacy of the affected person.

The fan had suffered cardiorespiratory arrest and was in serious condition. Resuscitation exercises were performed and his transfer was impossible for a few minutes as he was not stable. Finally, he ended up dying, when the clash had resumed and he had taken the Granada subscriber to the nearest hospital.