Panic broke out this Saturday during the match between Stade de Reims and Lille. While the two teams had been playing for just over ten minutes, Amadou Koné and Angel Gomes went to fight for an aerial ball. The Lille player fell back to the ground, visibly unconscious. The doctors quickly arrived and the player was taken care of for almost half an hour before being evacuated on a stretcher. At the end of the evening, the first news is reassuring.
It was Olivier Létang who confirmed that the northern midfielder was fine. At the microphone of DAZNthe Losc boss wanted to reassure everyone. The news about Angel is good. We were really scared. We feared the worst at one point. The information was not very good at first. Finally, he left the stadium having recovered his senses. He was able to understand, to speak, (…). We have rather very good information from the tests he underwent at the hospital. »
Wave of support
The first person concerned, the English midfielder even seemed ready to put his boots back on next weekend, as his president recounted with a little smile. To tell you that he was fine, he already asked if he could play the next match against Angers, next Saturday. » Angel Gomes will, however, need a little patience to find out if he can truly resume quickly.
The player will in any case be able to see that a wave of support took place, first in the stadium with Reims supporters who chanted his name. An act that Lille welcomed via its social networks. Many messages also flowed onto these same networks during the period of uncertainty.
