Brazil in shock over strange death of footballer - Robson Rocha Costa (RIP)

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil was in shock Monday over the strange on-the-pitch death of indoor footballer Robson Rocha Costa.

Rocha Costa, 23, died Sunday of a of a hemorrhagic shock caused by a piece of floor plank that injured his leg and a portion of his intestine when he went down legs-first to try and get the ball off a rival during a friendly match between Guarapuava Sporting Athletic Club and and Palmeiras Jundiai.

The local player was taken to the Guarapuava hospital in the state of Parana, where he underwent a four-hours operation. But he did not survive.

"His body was seriously injured by that fragment of the floor, which caused a very large and profuse haemorrhage, besides a wound in the internal part of the intestine," doctor Carlos Consalter said Monday.

Spectators, reporters and fellow-players alike were in shock.

"I saw him fall and scream a lot, but I did not immediately understand what had happened. When I got closer and could see something, I felt desperate," said the player Carlinhos, of Palmeiras Jundiai.

"Never before in my life as a sportsman, a coach and a teacher of this sport have I seen anything this stupid. It's incredible that a plank of wood comes out of the floor, enters a sportsman's body and kills him," said former indoor football coach Bedeu Fernandes, now a radio commentator of the sport.

"It's clear that no one in their right mind could have imagined this type of fatality, but the scene was terrible," he added.

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[tbx008]

im a basketball player and watchin soccer, damn im lost..

[youngbloodfalife1993]

all the comments are replies......

[GARY410MD]

fake as shit

[BL4CKSTEEL]

this is sad...should of played on grass

[TitoArabia]

@tbx008 that's 'cause FOOTBALL is the most popular sport in the world ;)

[EkaysRoom]

wenn ich für jeden pixel in deinenm bild 1€ kriegen würde hätte ich 0,50€

[BannannaNinja]

I got here from watching Eminem videos...

[reime045]

Basketball, Iceskating or hockey, baseball, all typical sports from the USA.It is nothing, sports for fools.Soccer is football.American football is not football, it's Handbal.Only in America those 3 sports are TOP.In the rest of the world they think those sports are for the paralympics.

[MrAndrewHints]

@mariogoikoo or soccer if your from the states or canada

[mariogoikoo]

@tbx008 it's called football.

[RonMageht]

R.I.P From norway !