A Peruvian soccer participant tragically died after colliding with the opposing goalkeeper whereas battling for a ball within the attacking zone.
The latest incident occurred through the seventieth minute of the Copa Peru match between Actual Titan NC and Defensor Nueva Cajamarca when Helar Gonzales Altamirano, 21, obtained clipped within the head when the goalkeeper jumped for the ball.
Altamirano fell to the bottom instantly and lay immobile, with gamers from each groups practically instantaneously expressing concern for him.
The Actual Titan NC participant was positioned on a stretcher and put into an ambulance earlier than being taken to a hospital within the northern Peru metropolis of Moyobamba, the place he died after spending two days in vital situation, the workforce confirmed on Thursday.
“Rest in peace friend. We will remember you for your love of football and your family. You leave us with great pain,” the workforce stated in an announcement, per Metro. “Great strength to your family at this difficult time. They are not alone because Titan is with them and the football family is with them.”
Altamirano’s brother, Eliceo, had instructed the media in Peru that his brother had suffered a ruptured artery in his head that stemmed from blunt pressure trauma.
Altamirano’s father expressed gratitude for the outpouring of help for his son in an announcement to native media, Metro reported.
“I would like to thank everyone for their support with this terrible pain that we’re experiencing,” Jose stated. “Helar wished to be a terrific footballer from a really younger age and was at all times speaking about going as far within the sport as he might. I do know his workforce are going to dedicate all their future achievements to him. I believed at first once I noticed the conflict that it was one other participant and didn’t initially join that it was Helar.
“I wanted to go onto the pitch to be nearer my son when I realised it was him but they wouldn’t let me and I didn’t see him until we got to hospital when he was already critical.”
The household will maintain Altamirano’s funeral on Friday.
