Szczesny after the illness quiet night and other tests: “Tachycardia”- Corriere.it

«The truth is that I saw Mattia very well in training, in fact then he performed that double miracle in the final…». Wojciech Szczesny smiled and joked at us immediately in front of the cameras about what happened to him and it is fortunate that this is the case. Juve have just won the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals with Sporting Lisbon and the Polish goalkeeper presents himself to the microphones in an embrace with his partner Perin, who replaced him at the end of the first half and became the protagonist in full recovery with two great saves. The climate is relaxed after the great scare.

What happened

Szczesny he spent a quiet night and today it will other diagnostic tests for precautionary purposes. The episode that happened to him is probably only due to anxietybut had an isignificant emotional impact. It all happened in the 41st minute: Szczesny stops, brings his left hand to his chest; even his companions realize that there is something wrong and approach him. The request to change the bench arrives immediately, while the medical staff enters. Three minutes go by and the number one leaves the field in tears, still walking on his legs. There is apprehension, in any case. Wojciech is immediately taken to the Allianz Stadium medical centre: lelectrocardiogram rules out any problems. The response says it was tachycardia.

New exams

And it is he himself who recounts and calms down at the end of the game: «I’m fine, a little anxious but I’ve just done the checks and everything is fine. What happened? Fear, something that had never happened to me, I was struggling even to breathe, a little anxiety and fear, but now I’m much better». So there’s time for a few jokes on TV with his friend Perin, who put his signature on the success by blocking Gonçalves and Bellerin a few seconds from the end. “It’s simple, they threw it at him!” jokes the Polish. «As he says, you have to be good at having it thrown at you» replies Perin. Today Szczesny is expected to carry out further tests but, fortunately, with a smile on his face.