December 05, 2004

On-field fatality: Cristiano de Lima Jr., a Brazilian striker playing in India, died on the field Sunday after scoring the winning goal and colliding with the opposing goalie.

posted by rcade to soccer at 04:56 PM - 9 comments

Tragic day for sports.

posted by LROD at 07:06 PM on December 05, 2004

I was just amazed to discover that Brazilians are playing in India.

posted by squealy at 07:11 PM on December 05, 2004

Whoa. That's fucking rough. Holy Shakespeare. Dies scoring winning goal. And ya wonder why the planet treats it religiously.

posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:37 PM on December 05, 2004

Obviously it's a tragedy for him/family/friends/fans, but if you are a soccer player and know you are going to die, there can't be any better way to go than right after scoring the most important goal of your career. Still...jeez.

posted by grum@work at 09:07 PM on December 05, 2004

Holy shit! Thats all i can think of saying right now...

posted by StarFucker at 09:09 AM on December 06, 2004

I don't know if i should even link this, but here is a picture of him with people trying to revive him...

posted by StarFucker at 11:05 AM on December 06, 2004

wow. wonder if this is another commotio cordis incident.

posted by goddam at 11:52 AM on December 06, 2004

me thinks so.

posted by garfield at 12:01 PM on December 06, 2004

Never heard of it...sounds scary though.

posted by StarFucker at 12:31 PM on December 06, 2004

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