Wednesday, December 25

Turkish fan died of a heart attack while celebrating a goal from his team


Fanaticada del Fenerbahce.
Fenerbahce fan.

Photo: OZAN KOSE / AFP / Getty Images

The love of football is a passion that travels the whole world and crosses cultures, social status and nationalities . There are people who only follow this sport and others who live their emotions to the fullest, as happened to a fan in Turkey.

The aggregate of the match, the final decisive minutes of play before the final whistle, and in the Istanbul derby against Galatasaray, Fenerbahce managed to score the winning goal at 94 ′ .

In the midst of joy a fan of 60 year old Ahmet Uysal was the victim of a heart attack after the goal , which finally cost him his life after being rushed to a hospital where the doctors could do nothing.

He was able to celebrate the last minutes of his life with great passion. Those close to Uysal commented to the Turkish media that he was a big fan of Fenerbahce and every time he could he went to the stadium . When death caught up with him, he was in a cafeteria in Alasehir, a town in the west of his country.

After losing 1-0 in the Galatasaray court, Fenerbahçe equalized in the minute 31 with a goal from Mesüt Özil. But the outcome occurred in added time of the match, in the minute 94, with a cross shot from the Portuguese midfielder Miguel Crespo.

With this result, Galatasaray ranks eighth in the Turkish league with 21 points, ahead of another great club with history such as Besiktas (20 pts). For its part, Fenerbahce is fifth with 23 pts seven behind the leader Trabzonspor.

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