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It is the 85th minute of the first division match between Belenenses SAD and FC Porto when a cross sails into the penalty area when the score was 0-0.

Porto's right-back Nanu and Belenense's goalkeeper Kritsyuk go to the ball, both believing they can reach it first.

But the players crash into each other and remain on the ground.

A crowd quickly forms, the teammates on the pitch gesticulate wildly and call for the doctors on the sidelines.

You can tell from them that it is a threatening situation.

Portos Nanu was more seriously injured during the action.

The TV pictures showed how the opposing goalkeeper hit the 26-year-old with the shoulder on the head.

"Definitely no intention, you have to say that at the point," commented the reporter on the scene.

The player lay on the field for minutes and needed medical care.

Individual teammates had tears in their eyes, some prayed while 26-year-old Nanu was being treated.

An ambulance drove into the field to take the injured away.

Portos Nanu had to be transported away by ambulance

Source: pa / NurPhoto / Pedro Fiuza

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“I wish my teammate a speedy recovery.

The doctors in the ambulance told me that he was fine and conscious, ”said Porto defender Pepe after the game.

He, too, had been clearly shown the shock during the injury interruption.

Leaning against the post, he wiped the tears from his face with his shirt.

Well on the mend

After the approximately ten-minute break, the game continued.

By then, the regular playing time was long over.

Since Porto had already exhausted the substitution quota, the club had to end the game in a shortfall.

The fact that the game ended 0-0 was a minor matter.

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FC Porto gave the all-clear that evening.

“Nanu has suffered a concussion and a spinal trauma associated with a temporary loss of knowledge.

At this moment he is stable and conscious, “writes the association on Twitter.