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For: EFE
Saturday, September 21
A player died from a strong blow to the head in the middle of the game in Algeria [Video]
Sofiane Loukar, footballer of MC Saïda, of Algeria’s second football division , died this Saturday in the middle of the match against ASM Oran after receiving a blow to the head, the Algerian media reported.
Loukar, 30, died of a head trauma after falling on the pitch of the Habib Bouakeul stadium in Oran and hitting his head when fighting for an aerial ball with a rival player.
🖤 Une douce pensée pour la famille de Sofiane Loukar, capitaine du MC Saida, victim of a cardiac crisis face à l’ASM d’Oran in D2 algérienne.
Il avait 30 ans. pic.twitter.com/SvYTduORmN— Alexandre Ruiz (@alexandreruiz) December 25, 2021
The action took place in the minute 26 of the first half of a match on matchday 10 of Algerian Ligue 2 . After receiving the first assists, he returned to the field, before collapsing ten minutes later and never getting up again, according to the newspaper ‘El Khabar’.
⚠️ SENSITIVE IMAGES: Algerian footballer Sofiane Loukar, from 30 years, he died today after a blow to the head with a rival.
He was resuscitated, without success. His teammates showed brutal pain: pic.twitter.com/lRvrNbhrMg— Ovation 24 (@ovacion 24) December 25, 2021