Galatasaray defender seriously injured due to fireworks

Istanbul defender Elabdellaoui is not ready to return to the pitch.

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Norwegian international defender Omar Elabdellaoui, who plays for Turkey in Galatasaray, suffered serious injuries to his face and both eyes by fireworks during New Year's celebrations, his doctor and club said on Friday.

He didn't lose either of the eyes

Elabdellaoui “arrived at the hospital yesterday (Thursday) around midnight.

He is injured in both eyes.

We took care of him with a plastic surgeon and a team of ophthalmologists, ”Professor Vedat Kaya, from the Liv hospital where the player is being treated, said on Friday.

Norway and Galatasaray defender Omar Elabdellaoui has been injured by a firework after it blew in his hand.

Elabdellaoui suffered burns to his face and damage to his eyes.

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If Elabdellaoui did not lose her sight, one eye was more seriously affected than the other, said the doctor, adding that he was "better today" but that it was too early to rule out consequences. long term. He also declined to comment on when he will return to the football fields.

Fireworks that explode at the wrong time

Galatasaray president Mustafa Cengiz, who visited the player on Friday, told reporters that “his morale is good,” but that he “has taken a hit.” “His condition is improving, we must keep hope .

I think we'll have to wait a week or two "to see more clearly about his condition, he added.

According to the Turkish press, the player was burned in the face by fireworks that exploded in his hands at his home during festivities marking the end of 2020.

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