Hundreds of fans of the Dutch football team
Ajax have staged an emotional rally outside
the family home of a player who suffered
brain damage after collapsing in a friendly
match.
Tributes have been pouring in for 20-year-old
Abdelhak Nouri who collapsed in a game in
Austria a week ago.
The club says the midfielder suffered "serious
and permanent brain damage".
Nouri, known as Appie, has been transferred
to an Amsterdam hospital for further treatment.
In an emotional display of support for the
player, Ajax fans gathered outside his parents'
home in the Geuzenveld district of Amsterdam, applauding, lighting flares and chanting "Appie, Appie".
Nouri suffered cardiac arrhythmias - heart
rhythm problems - during the game against
German team Werder Bremen, Ajax said in a
statement, He received emergency treatment on the pitch and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Innsbruck.
The club has said there is no chance of him
recovering from the damage.
"The diagnosis was made that a lot of [his]
brain is not functioning. All this probably
occurred due to a lack of oxygen supply," the
statement said.
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