two minutes of terror in the volleyball Super Cup

Moments of terror in Cagliari during the final of the Italian men’s volleyball super cup which saw Lube Civitanova and Sir Safety Susa Perugia face off. In fact, during the fifth and decisive set, the central team of the Umbrian team Wilfredo Leon was the victim of a bad accident causing the frost to drop inside the Sardinian plant. The Cuban naturalized Polish in fact detaches from the second line to crush the ball raised by the setter, but when he lands after the jump it loses grip with the ground (probably due to the sponsor sticker placed on the playing field), he slips and falls backwards, hitting first with his back and then with his head.

Leon on the ground unconscious shortly after impact

He 29enne he remains motionless on the ground with his eyes wide open and apparently unconscious with teammates who have realized the gravity of the situation and put their hands to their faces as a sign of desperation and call for the intervention of the medical staff who promptly intervenes. Silence falls in the building of Cagliariplayers, coaches and spectators are apprehensive as the dynamics of the fall and Leon’s absent reaction made them think of the worst and tears also begin to peep on the faces of many.

After about two minutes of medical assistance, however, Wilfredo Leon gets up, letting him breathe a great sigh of relief to all the people present. An ice bag applied to the neck, the Perugia central, celebrated by all his teammates, sits on the bench and the game can resume. After the fear, fortunately archived only with a great fright, Andrea Anastasi’s team returns to the field and wins the tie-break that allows them to win the first trophy of the season.

After the match ends Leon showed up in front of the cameras and to the microphones of Rai Sport he reassured everyone about his state of health, revealing what happened to him on the pitch: “A great fear especially for me. Her head had gone out a little. But then I returned“has in fact revealed the class of ’93 before rediscovering his characteristic contagious smile.