Elis, it’s serious!

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By: Manu Tournoux

Transported to hospital after a bad fall during the Bordeaux-Guingamp match, Alberth Elis suffered serious head trauma.

The images are appalling. Alberth Elis falling on his neck in the opposing penalty area after catapulting the ball onto the crossbar. For long minutes of anguish in the process, lying lifeless on the lawn of Matmut-Atlantique.

Finally evacuated on a stretcher from this Bordeaux-Guingamp counting for the 26e day of L2 (1-0 victory for the Girondins), the Honduran striker was able to be transported conscious to the Pellegrin hospital in Bordeaux. But the first news was not necessarily reassuring.

“Placed in an artificial coma”

According to initial examinations, the Honduran international suffers from serious head trauma », reports L’Equipe this Saturday evening. “ His state of health worries at the club », specifies the sports daily. France Bleu Gironde adding that the 28-year-old had to be placed in an artificial coma.

He has since been taken care of by the intensive care unit of the Bordeaux establishment. », Notes the local media, which announces new exams to come in the coming hours.

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