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Sad day for football.

Puerta dies - reports

Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta has died, three days after collapsing during a Primera Liga match, according to reports in the Spanish media.


The 22-year-old Spanish international had been in a critical condition in the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Seville since Saturday.

Puerta collapsed after jogging back towards his own goal 35 minutes into the opening league game of the season at the Sanchez Pizjuan on Saturday. He was led from the pitch but later suffered a heart-attack.

Doctors earlier confirmed that the condition of Puerta had deteriorated.

A medical report by Dr Francisco Murillo, head of the intensive care unit, read: "The condition of patient Antonio Puerta is not favourable due to the progression of the postanoxic brain injury and the multiple organic dysfunction caused by the prolonged cardiac arrest that led to his admission to hospital."