{"id":241259,"date":"2021-08-23T07:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T07:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=241259"},"modified":"2021-08-24T06:19:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T06:19:37","slug":"fabrice-nsakala-of-besiktas-recovering-in-hospital-after-on-field-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=241259","title":{"rendered":"Fabrice Nsakala of Besiktas recovering in hospital after on-field collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Above: an ambulance crew attend to Fabice Nsakala<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reuters \u2013 Aug 22, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/besiktas\">Besiktas<\/a> defender Fabrice Nsakala is recovering in hospital after the Democratic Republic of Congo international collapsed on the pitch in their meeting with Gaziantepspor on Saturday, the Turkish Super Lig club said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The left-back Nsakala went to ground in the 70th minute of the match, sparking concern among teammates and opposition players, before being taken to a hospital in an ambulance. The match finished 0-0. Besiktas did not state the reason for the 31-year-old\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe early reports have shown that he\u2019s in better condition and doing quite well,\u201d the club <a href=\"https:\/\/bjk.com.tr\/en\/haber\/81535\/fabrica-nsakala-doing-much-better.html\">said in a statement<\/a>, and thanked well-wishers for their concern. Nsakala <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NsakalaFabrice\/status\/1429192340799885315\">tweeted a picture of himself<\/a> on a hospital bed, smiling while having tests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tr\" dir=\"ltr\">Her zaman dedi\u011fim gibi DEVAMKE KARDEEESH \ud83e\udd85 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QD71SMQc0u\">pic.twitter.com\/QD71SMQc0u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrice Nsakala (@NsakalaFabrice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NsakalaFabrice\/status\/1429192340799885315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The incident follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2021\/jun\/12\/denmark-v-finland-match-suspended-after-christian-eriksen-collapses\">Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen\u2019s collapse<\/a> due to a cardiac arrest while playing against Finland on the opening weekend of Euro 2020 two months ago. Eriksen received life-saving treatment on the pitch before having an defibrillator device fitted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2021\/aug\/22\/fabrice-nsakala-besiktas-collapse\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Commentary \u2013 Aug 22, 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After Eriksen collapsed a tweet appeared claiming that he had been vaccinated against Covid-19 a few weeks before the game:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_235931\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Christain-Ericson-tweet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235931\" class=\"wp-image-235931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Christain-Ericson-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"780\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-235931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFact checkers&#8221; and the corporate media immediately went into overdrive to deny the claim. However, that doesn&#8217;t alter the fact that vaccination against Covid-19 is now required of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/premier-league-footballers-will-need-to-have-covid-19\/1sd0s4fb1m0zc10yhowqonebed\">professional football players,<\/a> at least in England. So it&#8217;s entirely possible that this is happening elsewhere and the Danish football team were also vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know if Fabrice Nsakala&#8217;s Turkish team Besiktas required that players be vaccinated, but we do know that they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/football-clubs-invite-their-fans-to-get-inoculated-166435\">encouraged fans to get vaccinated<\/a>. So given that soccer players are expected to set an example, it\u2019s quite likely that Nsakala was vaccinated too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrice Nsakala is the latest professional football player to have collapsed on the pitch mid-game. In June Danish international Christian Eriksen collapsed during a game with Finland. It was later claimed that he had been vaccinated against Covid. 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