“Lucky in misfortune”: Casillas’ future uncertain

It was positive that the problem arose on Wednesday during training for the Portuguese top team, as they were able to act very quickly. The doctor assures Casillas that he will not suffer any consequences. The future of the 2010 world champion, especially the sporting one, is completely uncertain after the great shock.

“Everything is under control here. A big shock, but the strength is intact," Casillas tweeted from the CUF hospital in Porto, where he will have to stay at least until Saturday, as Portuguese media reported on Thursday, citing the treating doctors. The aim of implanting a so-called stent is to keep the narrowed vascular system open, as experienced doctors explained on Portuguese television. The former Real Madrid keeper will then have to begin at least three months of recovery therapy.

Is his career over? And then? Some are convinced that the career of the man from the Madrid suburb of Móstoles is over. “You can’t play football with a stent, especially not a goalkeeper,” said former professional basketball player and doctor for the Spanish national team, Juan Antonio Corbalán, on Spanish TV. Accordingly, Casilla's performance last Friday in the 2-2 draw against Rio Ave would have been the last of a long and unusually successful career. Puga, however, doesn't want to commit, and other doctors said it will also depend on how mentally Casillas recovers.

How is it possible, many people now ask, that a relatively young man who practices high-performance sports, lives a healthy life, receives the best possible care and is subjected to constant medical checks, suffers a heart attack? “It’s not normal,” respected Portuguese heart specialist Carlos Rabaçal was quoted as saying by the newspaper “Público” on Thursday. There may be hereditary causes. Bad memories come back In Portugal, memories of 2004 were awakened when the Hungarian Benfica professional Miklos Feher, just 24 years old, collapsed on the Vitoria Guimaraes pitch and died a short time later in hospital. A few months earlier, Cameroon national player Marc-Vivien Foe (28) collapsed during a Confederations Cup game in France and then succumbed to the effects of the heart attack in hospital.

There have been other cases in recent years, not all of which were fatal. Liverpool goalkeeper Doni, for example, ended his career prematurely in 2013. It was only in March that national player Sami Khedira was successfully operated on after a cardiac arrhythmia.

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“Lucky in misfortune”: Casillas’ future uncertain

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