What was supposed to be just a friendly match of football in Seme East Sub Location turned tragic as 18-year-old Samuel Otieno failed to make it alive out of the game after collapsing on the pitch while playing for his team in the encounter.According to reports, Otieno, who was playing for Awanya FC collapsed in a match played at Kajulu Koker in Seme East Sub Location, Kisumu County on Sunday evening after being introduced in the game in the second half.##NAJAVA_MECA_6677763##According to local coach Dominic Fidel, the player had only lasted on the pitch for around fifteen minutes before the tragic incident happened when he failed to get up from a challenge on the ball.“He was scrambling for the ball with an opponent and fell down. Most of us thought that he was faking an injury. Little did we know that it was his last moment. The referee was ready to hand him a red card for dangerous play but after failing to respond he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead,” Dominic is quoted on Ghetto Radio website.Shikangwa unveiled in TanzaniaThe deceased, whose body was taken to the the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, is said to have has left behind four siblings and a wife with whom they have only been married for four months.Although it is not clear what happened to Otieno, tragic reports of players dying on the pitch due to various causes have been reported in different parts of the globe.Cheick Tiote, the Ivory Coast international who had a wonderful career at clubs like Newcastle United passed on in 2017 after fainting during a regular training session with his Chinese club Beijing Enterprises. He was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead later that day with a suspected death cause of a heart attack.Pamzo happy to have starman Miheso backBack in June 2021 at the Euro 2020, the world of football watched in horror and shock as one of the most talented midfielders of this generation, Christian Eriksen, lay motionless on the football pitch in front of his home crowd.Fortunately, Eriksen survived the near-death experience and continued playing football after being fitted with a heart-starting device (ICD) after suffering a cardiac arrest.Human shield!! The Danish team protecting their brother, their teammate #Eriksen from the cameras, spectators in the stadium, from viewers across the globe.. From all the eyes. Respect.. #DENFIN #DEN pic.twitter.com/HccXO0Yf7j— Katami Michelle (@MichKatami) June 12, 2021 Mozzart Sport sends its heartfelt condolences to the grieving family, friends and relatives of Samuel Otieno.
