Moments of great fear during the first half of Peru-Canada in the Copa America: one of the two linesmen collapsed due to heat stroke, making it necessary to use a stretcher to take him away and subsequently replace him for the rest of the match.
Moments of great fear during the first half of Peru-Canada Of Copa America: one of the two linesmen collapsed from heat stroke, making it necessary to use the stretcher to take him away and the consequent replacement for the rest of the match. The match was then won by Canada 1-0 thanks to the goal scored by Jonathan David a quarter of an hour from the end.
The accident with the line assistant occurred during injury time in the first half: the Guatemalan Humberto Panjoj suddenly collapsed on the pitch and the Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau urgently requested the intervention of paramedics to help him. The man remained conscious and was then placed on a stretcher, in a climate of understandable apprehension among players and fans present at Children’s Mercy Park, the stadium where Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer plays.
Taken off amidst applause and not returning to the pitch for the second half, Panjoj was the victim of heat stroke, given the difficult conditions in which the match was being played, with temperatures perceived to be above 35 degrees due to the very high humidity . This is nothing new in this Copa America being played in the United States: earlier this week, Uruguay defender Ronald Aurajo revealed that he was substituted in Celeste’s 3-1 win against Panama due to the effects of heat and dehydration.
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The 25-year-old was only able to play the first 45 minutes of the first match in Miami, Florida: “The truth is, I’m still a little dizzy now – the Barcelona player then said after the match – When I got to the locker room my blood pressure dropped. The doctor said it was a bit of dehydration and I couldn’t continue in the second half.“.
The two Copa matches played tonight saw – in addition to Canada’s 1-0 victory over Peru, with Lapadula reduced to 10 men for most of the second half – also Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Chile, thanks to Lautaro Martinez’s second goal in two games.
