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While waiting for a new medical report on the state of health of Sergio Rico, the wife of the PSG goalkeeper, Alba Silva, wanted to thank the players and the fans of the Parisian team for the heartfelt tribute they paid him in his match on Saturday against Clermont. The goalkeeper has been admitted to the ICU of the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville for a week after being hit by a horse in the head during the Rocío pilgrimage.

"I can't thank you enough for all the love you have shown Sergio in these difficult times. I'm sure he'll be very proud of his team, the love of his teammates and the fans who chanted his name from start to finish. We continue to fight together to win this battle. Thank you so much another haircut at home," Rico's wife wrote on her Instagram account.

The PSG players and all the fans of the Parc des Princes dedicated several gestures of tribute to the Spanish goalkeeper during the last day of Ligue 1. The Parisian footballers wore during the warm-up shirts with the image of the usually substitute goalkeeper and the message "#ÁnimoSergioRico" and in the center of the pitch of the Parc des Princes a giant photo of the Spaniard was placed.

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During the first part of the match, they also wore the name of Sergio Rico on their shirts and in the 16th minute, coinciding with the number of his number, a minute of applause was expected, but it coincided, in a twist of fate, with the minute in which Sergio Ramos, a player trained in Sevilla, scored with a header. as Rico. Three minutes later Kylian Mbappé scored a penalty, who showed the crowd the goalkeeper's shirt with the number 16 and the name of Sergio Rico.

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The most important thing was the tribute to Sergio. There are more important things than football. We were already champions, we could have lost 22-0 and nothing would have changed for us," Mbappe told Canal+ after the game. "It was necessary to pay tribute to Sergio. We are all affected, we need to support, that all those who are here pray, we will pray and send the maximum of positive energy, "added the scorer.

The Parisian ultras also unfurled a giant goalkeeper jersey and a large banner with the message (in French): "Sergio, we fight by your side. Cheer up Sergio". In addition, the two captains posed before the start of the game with a shirt and the message "Courage Sergio".

Sergio Rico, 29, has been hospitalized since Sunday, May 28 after suffering an accident on a horse while participating in the Rocío pilgrimage in Huelva. The footballer suffered a traumatic brain injury and is hospitalized in intensive care in a Sevillian hospital, sedated and on assisted respiration.

The last medical report, on Friday, assured that Sergio Rico remains in serious but stable condition, in the ICU of the Seville hospital, "under the effects of sedation, monitored and attended in a multidisciplinary way by the Intensive Medicine team" and by other specialists of the same center.

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