Leipzig won the German Cup on penalties against Freiburg this Saturday. During the celebration ceremony, a worrying image was left when a man fainted while the players waited for the medals and the long-awaited trophy.
“Winner of the hearts”
One banner unveiled in the Freiburg end as RB Leipzig win the DFB-Cup.
I can barely see a Freiburg fan who has left the stadium despite their defeat. pic.twitter.com/TYlh550svp
— Archie Rhind-Tutt (@ archiert1) May 21,
The man was a photographer who was taking pictures of the celebration of the German team and was waiting for the award ceremony. The photographer collapsed and had to be treated immediately at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. The ceremony had to be delayed several minutes before the fact.
“The stadium announcer at the Olympiastadion says that the person is currently in a stable condition: there was a rapid emergency response with an ambulance allowed on the field to treat the individual on the field.”, reported the media from the stadium.
In solidarity with the affected , the fans turned on the flashlight of their phones and began to chant in support of the photographer who is stable after his collapse in the middle of the stadium.
Announcement on the tannoy – the person is okay. Just been told it was a photographer, in a stable condition.
Just before this, all around the stadium, people put on their phone lights in solidarity. Goosebumps pic.twitter.com/uLCSjYpx32
—Archie Rhind- Tutt (@archiert1) May , 2022
“I am glad that the person who had to be resuscitated is stable this evening. The reaction of the crowd to that was moving”, expressed one of the journalists.
RB Leipzig won the first title in its history on Saturday by winning on penalties of the Cup final against Freiburg, after a 1-1 in regulation time and extra time, after an epic fight in which he had to play with a man less from the minute 59.
Then came the penalties and Leipzig was rewarded for a fight in which it had seemed to have everything against.
Christopher Nkunku, Willi Orban, Dani Olmo and Simakan scored their penalties for Freiburg while Christian Günther and Demirovic missed, one wide and the other to the crossbar.
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