Shock in the League Cup final
Arsenal player collapses, friend scores winning goal
April 1, 2024, 10:05 a.m
Footballer Frida Maanum collapsed in the English League Cup final and had to be treated for minutes. Your team, Arsenal FC, quickly gives the all-clear – but there is still great shock and concern. At the end, her teammates celebrate the triumph “for Frida”.
Shocking moment with a happy ending for the Arsenal FC footballers: Norwegian international Frida Maanum is in a “stable condition” after collapsing in the League Cup final against Chelsea FC (1-0 nV), as the Gunners announced, her teammates celebrated her seventh Cup triumph “for Frida”.
Maanum’s friend Stina Blackstenius scored the winning goal late in overtime.
(Photo: AP)
Maanum required medical treatment for around seven minutes and a respirator mask was placed on her face. Eventually she was carried off the pitch on a stretcher. Both teams remained on the pitch during the treatment period, Stina Blackstenius (116th) shot Arsenal to victory a short time later. The 24-year-old was “conscious and speaking,” Arsenal FC announced during the game.
Maanum collapsed in stoppage time in the second half and was treated immediately. “She will continue to be closely monitored by our medical team. We are all with you, Frida,” the club continued. Coach Jonas Eidevall emphasized: “The first thing that interests us after the game is not the win, but how Frida is doing. And we are so happy that she is doing well. That is much more important than this.”
After the coup, the match winner also spoke primarily about her “teammate and friend” Maanum. “Something like this is always very difficult,” Blackstenius told the BBC. “She’s very important to us. You worry when something like that happens. We wanted to give her this victory because she couldn’t be with us.”
England international Alessia Russo, who came on for Manuum, told the BBC: “It’s devastating to see one of your teammates collapse. We’re all wishing and praying that she’s OK.” She said about Blackstenius’ winning goal: “I think it was written in the stars that her best friend scored the winning goal for her,” said Russo.