Former FC Porto player Christian Atsu is still missing. Contrary to what was previously reported by the Turkish and Ghanaian press and repeated in the Portuguese media, the man was found alive among the rubble of a building that collapsed after the earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Monday morning. already caused more than 11,000 deaths is not the 31-year-old Ghanaian who plays for Hatayspor.
“When we heard the news that he had been taken to Dortyol Hospital, we went there to see him, but he was not there. For now, we accept that Taner Savut [tradutor] and Christian Atsu were unfortunately not found,” club doctor Gurbey Kahveci told the Turkish website. fast.com. The trainer also revealed this morning that Atsu has still not been found. “Please don’t write that he survived without knowing for sure. People have family, hope, sadness and pain are increasing”asked Volkan Demirel.
The catastrophe scenario does not help to have reliable information, even official sources give contradictory information. This is what happened in Atsu’s case. The 31-year-old Ghanaian player was reported missing hours after the initial shock on Monday, but was later found alive and taken to hospital with breathing difficulties and a broken leg.
The news that he had been found among the rubble of the building where he lived was communicated by Hatayspor Vice President Mustafa Ozat and later confirmed at the highest level by Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, Ambassador of Ghana in Ankara, the Turkish capital: “I just learned that Atsu was found in Hatay province.” The good news was also shared by the Football Association of Ghana on Twitter: “Christian Atsu has been successfully rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building and is being treated.”
Everything seemed to fuel a happy ending for the player who played for FC Porto. Today, the brother who plays in Coimbrões, Portugal, Benjamin Eli, told A BOLA newspaper that he has experienced conflicting versions in recent days: “I eagerly await a video or a photo of him to make sure everything is okay Or so I can speak to him on the phone, that would be ideal, to confirm to myself that he is okay, normally we talk every day, not having heard from him for a few days makes me very depressed and sad When I found out that the Atsu was alive, I cried a lot.”
The earthquake struck at 4:17 am (1:17 am in Lisbon) this Monday, 33 kilometers from the provincial capital of Gaziantep, in southeastern Turkey, close to the border with Syria, at a depth of 17.9 kilometers. Hatayspor is a club from Hatay province, about three hours drive from Gaziantep.
Source: DN
