Cagliari joy as Trepy returns 2 months after nearly drowning
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Cagliari may have lost 4-2 to Roma, but the most important success story of the...
Cagliari may have lost 4-2 to Roma, but the most important success story of the night was the return to the field of Yael Trepy, two months after he nearly died in a swimming pool.
The 20-year-old striker had impressed for the Sardinians in pre-season and started their Coppa Italia win over Arezzo on August 14.
It was three days after that he was enjoying some time off in a rented villa with friends when he took a dip in the swimming pool , not realising how deep it was, and got into difficulty.
He was rushed to hospital and kept in intensive care while the fluid was removed from his lungs, making a full recovery.
That process was completed today when Trepy came off the bench in Cagliari’s 4-2 Serie A defeat to Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
The young striker almost marked it with a goal, immediately sprinting into the box to force a save out of Pierluigi Gollini.
A product of the Cagliari youth academy, Trepy will see this as a crucial moment in his career, which was so nearly cut cruelly short by an accident.
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