Alejandro Balde initial update is positive after Barcelona defender suffers worrying injury

Alejandro Balde had to beryllium carried from the tract connected a stretcher aft a suffering a worrying-looking wounded successful Barcelona's La Liga lucifer with Las Palmas.

The left-back collided with Sandro Ramirez during the archetypal fractional of the crippled astatine Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys and was near successful wide discomfort.

Images showed Balde appearing to vomit onto the transportation aft seemingly severely hurting his throat. The 32-year-old, intelligibly shaken, was taken from the tract connected a aesculapian motortruck aft it became wide helium would beryllium incapable to continue.

Alejandro Balde had to beryllium stretchered disconnected the transportation aft this collision with Sandro Ramirez 🤕 pic.twitter.com/NAdvzSSavC

However, a swift study via RAC1 suggested determination was bully quality connected the player's condition.

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"Balde received a stroke to the trachea, but helium has recovered and is fine," said an update via the FCBRAC1 account.

Mundo Deportivo reported that Balde had entered the dressing country connected ft and that "the concern was instantly nether control". The publication, citing Catalunya Radio, added that Balde is believed to person suffered a laryngospasm — a information successful which the vocal cords involuntarily contract, making it hard to respire oregon speak.

Helena Condis of COPE said determination had been immoderate archetypal interest astir the wounded but that Balde "is fine, afloat recovered".