Thousands of people attended a public wake for Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo, the Nacional defender who died of cardiac arrest five days after collapsing during a Copa Libertadores match in Brazil. Izquierdo, who was 27, died Tuesday night at a Sao Paulo hospital.
Family members of soccer player Juan Izquierdo stand by his coffin during a wake at his Nacional soccer club in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Izquierdo died at a Brazilian hospital after collapsing on Aug. 22 during a Copa Libertadores soccer match between Nacional and Sao Paulo . A memorial set up by fans of the late soccer player Juan Izquierdo stands outside his club Nacional in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.
The surroundings of Avenida 8 de Octubre in the Uruguayan capital were painted in Nacional’s blue and red colors. Flags, flowers, candles, letters and drawings hung in the area as a tribute to Izquierdo, who was married and had two young children. The defender was signed by Nacional in 2022, played one match and then was transferred to the local Liverpool club. He was one of the team’s best players in the campaign that led to a Uruguayan league title in 2023, Liverpool’s first in more than a century. The defender came back to Nacional this year.
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