We were playing the 13th minute of the Ivorian Championship match between Racing Club d’Abidjan and Sol FC. Mustapha Sylla is up to the middle line. We see him move back on his supports and collapse all of a sudden. Alone, without any contact with another player. The young defender collapsed on the lawn, rescuers arrived, and he was rushed to a hospital center as the match resumed. He could not be revived.
« Our defender Moustapha Sylla, died this evening (Editor’s note: Sunday night) following an illness on the pitch during the RCA vs Sol FC match “, Indicates a press release from the club which sends its condolences to the player’s family. ” During his evacuation to the hospital, Moustapha died. He arrived at the club last September and was just 21 “, confirmed to AFP, Logossina Cissé, the president of the club. A faintness ? Cardiac arrest ?
Already a malaise in Mali…
Mustapha Sylla, 21-year-old defender, arrived at Racing Club d’Abidjan last January after spending the last year in Mali with Djoliba de Bamako where he had already suffered a heart attack which forced him to stop training in May. 2022. Was the Racing Club of Abidjan aware of this first episode? Did the Djoliba warn the Ivorian club even if Mustapha Sylla arrived free of any contract in Côte d’Ivoire? What medical examinations did he pass after his first illness and once engaged with Racing?
So many questions that remain unanswered and which made the Ivorian football icon Didier Drogba react. ” Three deaths of Ivorian pro League players in less than 4 years. When are the mandatory medical visits for each professional player, blood test, ECG, stress tests “, reacts the former Ivorian international on Twitter.