Medical emergency at Nuevo Mirandilla halted Cadiz-Barça for 50 minutes
The game was stopped due to a fan suffering a heart attack in the stands
Barcelona's 4-0 win at Cadiz was halted for over 50 minutes on Saturday due to a medical emergency in the stands at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium.
The game stopped as a supporter received treatment after suffering a heart attack, with Cadiz goalkeeper Ledesma and substitute Jose Mari helping get medical equipment into the stands.
Luckily, it was later confirmed by the Cadiz president that the fan had been revived and was on his way to the hospital.
Manuel Vizcaino said: “The fan has recovered his pulse and they have taken him away in an ambulance. He was reviving and falling again, but in the end, they managed to stabilize him. It seems that the game is going to resume.”
The game did resume for the final 10 minutes with Barça already 2-0 up thanks to goals from Frenkie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski.
Ansu Fati and Ousmane Dembele scored after the game restarted to complete a fifth straight win for Barça in all competitions.
"Obviously we are all affected by what happened," Cadiz boss Sergio Gonzalez said. "Hopefully it was just a scare in the end. Football is for people to enjoy themselves.
"It is a privilege to have the supporters we have, there were an example of humanity during what happened -- as were the Barcelona fans."
