Shock moment in the French soccer league: During the Ligue 1 game between Olympique Marseille and Girondins Bordeaux on Sunday evening, Bordeaux striker Samuel Kalu collapsed on the field.

The team and opponents immediately waved medical personnel onto the lawn.

The 23-year-old Nigerian received medical attention immediately and was able to get up on his own after a few moments and left the field on his own two feet.

Kalu collapsed after around ten minutes of play at temperatures of almost 30 degrees.

"I've been thinking about what happened during the European Championship," said new Bordeaux coach Vladimir Petkovic, referring to the cardiac arrest of Denmark's Christian Eriksen from Inter Milan.

This had collapsed in the group game against Finland and had to be reanimated.

He is currently recovering.

It is unclear whether he will ever be able to play football professionally again.

“The Kalu incident shook us.

It was a shock, ”said Kalu substitute Remi Oudin.

The cause of the collapse of the Bordeaux player is still unclear.

Kalu is due to be examined further on Monday.

The game ended 2-2.

Turbulent final phase in Barcelona

In the first game since club idol Lionel Messi left, FC Barcelona won a home win in Spain's La Liga.

The Catalans won the opening game of the new football season on Sunday evening after problems in the closing stages with 4-2 (2-0) against Real Sociedad San Sebastian.

Barcelona let Messi go earlier this month after 21 years together, the financially troubled club no longer gave the Argentine superstar a contract due to "economic and structural obstacles".

The 34-year-old's new sporting home is Paris St. Germain.

"If I could choose, I would still prefer to have Leo Messi on the team," said Barca coach Ronald Koeman after the game: "We no longer have a player who can decide games alone, now we need a collective effort . “Gerard Pique (19th minute) scored the first goal of the season for Barcelona, ​​Martin Braithwaite followed up with two goals (45th + 2, 59th).

The guests from San Sebastian made it exciting again through Julen Lobete (82nd) ​​and Mikel Oyarzabal (85th), Sergi Roberto (90th + 1) scored the final score.

Record champions Real Madrid also got off to a successful start on Saturday.

The Madrilenians won 4-1 (0-0) in the debut of long-time Bayern Munich professional David Alaba at Deportivo Alaves.

The Austrian international prepared the fourth goal for the royal team by Vinicius Junior (90 + 2).

Striker Karim Benzema with two goals (48th / 62nd) and Nacho (56th) scored the other goals for Real, in which Toni Kroos, who resigned from the national team at the beginning of July, was not in the squad due to a pubic bone inflammation. After problems in the first half, veteran Nacho, who has played for Real for 20 years, made the preliminary decision. Joselu scored the hosts' consolation goal with a penalty kick (65th).

Meanwhile, Rio World Champion Mesut Özil scored the first goal in the jersey of Fenerbahce Istanbul and gave the Turkish top club a victory at the start of the season in the Süper Lig. The former German national soccer player scored on Sunday evening at Adana Demirspor to make it 1-0 (0-0) (46th). Özil (32) went to Fener in January after more than seven years at the English Premier League club Arsenal FC. Last season he went without a goal in ten missions.