Paris Saint-Germain reserve goalkeeper Sergio Rico has come out of a coma and is conscious, Spanish TV channel Telecinco said, citing the player’s wife Alba Silva.
Late last month, the guard suffered a severe head injury after falling while horse riding and he was hospitalized in serious condition.
😢 May 2023: PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico was involved in a horse riding accident, which put him in a coma.
🙏 June 2023: Rico has come out of his coma and regained consciousness.
🗣️ Rico’s wife: “I knew that he was going to get better because he’s a champion.”
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“Little by little he is getting better. I knew from the beginning that he would make it because he is a champion,” said Rico’s wife.
The 29-year-old Spaniard did not play a single official match in the 2022/23 season.