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The news came this weekend. Out of modesty, but also by virtue of medical confidentiality, his club Montpellier had not communicated his identity, but the machine got carried away. The name of the first player affected by the coronavirus has been released. This is Junior Sambia. In serious condition, the lateral was placed in an artificial coma at the weekend. His longtime agent, Frédéric Guerra, was the guest of Lionel Rosso on Europe 1. And the news is reassuring. The player passed by the Chamois Niortais is better: "The protocol was respected, last night they started to stop the anesthetic products. He breathes alone, very tired, as you can imagine, and it goes on its course. The process is long, it is always under observation. We do not expect complications, things evolve, sometimes well, sometimes less well, "he explains.
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Frédéric Guerra, his agent: "It's very affecting, it affects someone in my family"
The situation had worsened during the week. "He respected the confinement, he thought he had a gastroenteritis. He warned the doctor of the club, Things were chained. He thought to come out the next day but it got complicated, everything went very quickly", specifies Frédéric Guerra on Europe 1, very touched to see one of his players hit by the Covid-19. "I have a very close relationship with his dad, they are people who are welcomed with open arms. It is very affecting, it affects someone in my family." And to continue: "These are really difficult times because of the anxiety, the distance, the lack of information. Everything is a real lack. We feel so out of harm's way when we are this age, beware because the enemy is invisible. "
Followed in a specialized center, Junior Sambia is proof, for his agent "that it is beautiful to be a sportsman of very high level, to have lungs from everywhere in the body, to be able to run kilometers everywhere on the ground, and indeed even them , they’re not immune. That’s the hard lesson. " "That's why, when I hear about the resumption of the championship, it seems very difficult to me," he concludes.