Antonio de Nigris dies

[Reids-Belly]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12010_5698156,00.html

Greek club Larissa have confirmed that Mexican international Antonio de Nigris has died of a suspected heart attack.
The 31-year-old, who won 16 caps for his country, only joined Larissa in August and made six appearances in the Greek Super League.
He was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Monday morning but was pronounced dead on arrival at Larissa's University Hospital.
Tragedy

"The Larissa family mourns from today the tragic loss of 31-year-old international Mexican footballer, Antonio De Nigris," read a club statement.
"It is with deep sorrow that the administration, technical leadership, players and executives of the club would like to express their condolences to his family, particularly his spouse Sonia and five-year-old daughter Miranda.
"An autopsy will be held at the General Academic Hospital in Larissa to determine the precise reasons of his death."


What is it with players dying of suspected heart attacks?!


RIP

 

[Rocksuperstar]

If i was a keeper right now, i'd be asking the coach if i could try out in defence for a session or two

Horrible news, so young and in such great shape - puts more weight on the argument that not enough is being done to ensure proper monitoring, checks and, possibly, too heavy a training regime at a young age or something.

I know it's not many in the grand scheme of things but there's too many apparently 100% fit and healthy players fallen foul of this sort of thing in the last decade.

 

[sidford]

complete lay mans guess but is it because the bodies of professional athletes are being put under huge amounts of strain and pressure and some bodies eventually cant take it or was this kind of stuff always happening but because of global media its now being reported no matter where it happens :shrug:

 

[DEFchenkOE]

Bad news, seem to hear about these types of things more and more. Not just in football either, it's worse when you hear these things happen to kids playing at 14-15. Shocking stuff really.

Not sure what kind of monitoring is done for professionals but surely they can try and do more, the Puerta death hit me quite hard as I was watching that game on Sky and really liked him as a player.

I've always wondered if pain killing injections, supplements etc have any kind of effects on these players.

RIP

 

[Kyras]

RIP. Such a shame.

I remember reading somewhere that sometimes this happens as footballers are too fit. i.e. the muscles are too thick in the heart so not enough blood can pump through, no idea if it's true though.

 

[CosmicHotspur]

RIP. Very sad to die so young.

It's not just footballers, but all athletes/sportsmen and women who are at risk because of the amount of training and stress they undergo.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

It's more the pressure of expectation, i think. Where before it was fine to do your best, now you have to push further - where before you could take part and accept that sometimes you just come up against someone better than you, fitter, faster, stronger or more talented.

Now you have training regimes, especially for professional sportsmen and women (players as opposed to athletes) that have to incorporate so much more - you're expected to be more versatile, to be able to compete on several fronts all at once.

When i was younger i wasn't bad at cricket or diving but i sucked at football and basketball. In this instance i was in the cricket and swimming/diving teams, left out of the rest. Parents who have athletically gifted kids, not all of them obviously, but many of them will push for that child to compete on every front possible, to be the best, to push harder, to go that extra mile, and all at an age when their body is still developing, the heart is still maturing, the lungs still not quite leathery etc.

I remember being a nipper, wanting to go to a weights gym with a neighbour, but i was told quite clearly, by my GP, that until i was at least 16 i shouldn't train with weights. Now i see 13 year old kids talking about their gym sessions, or 14 year olds who train every single day.

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

 

[ever]

slightly off topic here but following on from rockys post

last night i was playing on the astro turf and on the other pitch some kids team were having their usual training session

as im a lazy bastard i managed to stand around waiting for the ball to come to me so i can do my magic, anyways i was looking over and listening as i quite fancy the idea of coaching and i see that these kids who couldnt have been older than 10 or 11 were doing suicides, (ya know the bit where they time themselves doing sprints to cones and all that) they are kids for fucks sake, they even had quite an audible disection of their last game, of which they lost 2-1, the coach got shitty and was spouting how they didnt show enough passion and didnt do good enough, only in the last 10 minutes did i see that they brought a ball out for their training and then it was to practice free kicks

see this is why we as a country suck, too much is put on the kids shoulders at a young age when they should be able to enjoy a kick around and fall in love with the game

 

[Rocksuperstar]

perfect example - when did being good at something mean you weren't allowed to enjoy it anymore? Just have fun playing it, instead of having to focus, to train and sacrifice... well, anything, to play it. Kids aren't allowed to just discover things for themselves anymore, to learn first hand how things work, what is too much, what isn't enough etc.

We, as a generation of parents, f*cking suck. :lol:

Glad i've not got kids, they'd be healthy but they'd also be charming, funny and have tons of friends and a buzzing social circle... everything i once was but have had to accept left me when it spotted the crows' feet forming :shrug:

 

[ever]

its pretty sad and depressing, i remember my training when i was a nipper, we got a ball, we kicked it, more often than not we also kicked each other, it was magic

but now everyone wants to live their lives through their children they try and force them into becoming the new David Beckham to make up for their lives failures, and of course the coaches all forget that they are in charge of kids and see their little grassroots job as a way into the big leagues that they go over the top and treat it like a premier league club. this is part of the reason why i like the idea of coaching, see if i can make a tiny little difference in the game but ultimatly make the kids better people

me and the missus are talking about the possibilty of kids and we were having the what sort of kids they would be, after last night i might stop little Charlie Keane (yes we have named the unborns) from going to football practice

 

[bomberH]

On a brighter note, Huddlestone's not likely to die any time soon.

 

[Kyras]

On a brighter note, Huddlestone's not likely to die any time soon.

:lol: