Szczesny Health Update: Wojciech Szczesny had to be substituted yesterday as he left the pitch while clutching his chest and in tears. During the Europa League quarter-final first-leg Juventus vs Sporting match, Szczesny was seen going down holding his chest and signalling to the Juventus bench for physicians. He was then brought off moments later as Mattia Perin came on for him. Follow Europa League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Just before the half-time break during the Europa League Juventus vs Sporting match, Juventus goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny went down. He then started calling frantically for medical attention towards the Juventus bench. His teammate Manuel Locatelli was the first to reach the goalkeeper to help him.
As the physicians and all other players from both teams went to check if the player was okay, Szczesny was taken off. The goalkeeper left the pitch in the 44th minute in tears while he was still clutching his chest. He was taken to the hospital from there and the medical experts did an electrocardiogram. Fortunately, the results did not show any irregularities.
As Szczesny walked away from the pitch, the spectators applauded the player. After the medical test, Juventus quickly put up a tweet saying, “After an initial check, Tek is doing well.” As the player came off, their Portuguese opponent Sporting also took to their tweeter to send an encouraging message toward the player saying, “Forca, Szczesny.”
As per reports, Szczesny felt his heart rate increase and quickly felt a shortage of breath. After the initial testing was done, the goalkeeper talked to some reporters and provided some updates on his health saying, “I was worried, I was not able to breathe but now I feel good. The tests confirmed that there’s no problem.”
Wojciech Szczęsny after being subbed off as he felt heart palpitations during the match: “We did medical check, it’s all good”. ⚪️🇵🇱
“I was worried, I was not able to breathe but now I feel good. The tests confirmed that there’s no problem”. pic.twitter.com/PGCbM2KN4i
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 13, 2023
There is also news that Szczesny will go through more tests today to get detailed ideas on the goalkeeper’s health. The Polish goalkeeper made some important saves before he was subbed off. He has also given some excellent performances for Juventus this season as he managed to keep 13 clean sheets in Serie A this season out of 21 matches he played.
In this season’s Europa League matches, Szczesny has appeared in 5 matches for Juventus. During these, he has managed to keep 4 clean sheets and has only conceded once. Juventus managed a 1-0 win against Sporting last night in their first-leg quarter-final match. They will be travelling to Portugal with a 1-goal lead next week for the second leg.
