A young Australian football player has died after colliding during a match

A young player Australian football died after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage stemming from an “unfortunate” collision during a club match played in the city of Adelaide on Saturday, various sources said on Monday.

Antonio Loiacono20 years and who played for Birdwood Football Club against the local team Gumerach, he fell unconscious after a heavy fall, for which he was airlifted to a hospital in Adelaide, the capital of the South Australian region. However, the young man could not resist his injuries and died on Sunday evening.

“The doctor told us that the pressure in his brain and the bleeding will increase and that in less than 24 hours he will be brain dead,” explained the player’s brother, Jack Loiacono, to local television channel 7.

The Greater Southern Football League (GSFL) took to its Facebook page on Monday to express its “heartfelt condolences” to the young man’s family and friends, as well as members and supporters of Birdwood Football Club over the “unfortunate incident on the pitch”, which occurred in the first round of the season for most clubs. .

In this context, the head of the government of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas, emphasized in statements collected by the public channel ABC that the death of Loiacon is a “terrible start to the season” for Australian footballers – more similar to rugby than football and that it is the most popular sport in the ocean country.