He was born in Argentina but played for Uruguay. In the semifinal of the World Cup in Switzerland he collapsed and was clinically dead, but was revived and within days he converted for third place.
Federico Gullo
13/06/2021 10:41 am
The whole world saw shocked by the situation that Christian Eriksen experienced, midfielder of Inter, in the middle of the game of the Denmark national team against Finland by the first date of the Euro 2021. The talented midfielder received the ball and, without receiving any contact, collapsed. Quickly, his colleagues and the doctors came over to do CPR and try to revive him. Fortunately, they managed to stabilize it successfully and the match could continue hours later at the request of the footballers.
In 1954, an Argentine starred in an even stranger situation in the middle of a World Cup, that never ceases to amaze every time it is heard. Juan Eduardo Hohberg was clinically dead for a few minutes, but they revived him … and he stayed in the game! A few days later, he played again and scored a goal. Total madness.
Hohberg was born on October 8, 1927 in Córdoba, Argentina, but disputed the 1954 Switzerland World Cup for the Uruguay National Team, who came from being a champion in 1950 in the famous and remembered Maracanazo in the final against host Brazil. In this case, on June 30 they had to be measured in the semifinals with the Hungarian Gold Team, which had renowned figures such as Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, Nándor Hidegkuti y Józsefberg Bozsik, among others, that he was undefeated in 32 games. Europeans were widely favorites.
The Hungarians won 2-0 with goals from Czibor and Hidegkuti and were on their way to victory, when Hohberg appeared, first at 75 and then at 86 minutes to establish a tie. After the euphoria and the strong hugs with his companions in the celebration, the Cordoba fell to the ground unconscious. A colleague tried to make him react, but without success. Carlos Abate, the kinesiologist of the one selected, quickly entered the field of play and He removed the body of the dead footballer to one side of the field. He kept looking to revive him until He administered oral Coramina, a drug that stimulates vasomotor and respiratory functions.
Everything was worry and despair. Hohberg was clinically dead, but revived. Not satisfied with that, he saw that the duel continued in overtime and He asked to return to the field since Uruguay had remained without changes! His income was not enough. Kocsis converted twice and qualified his team to the final. The first defeat of the Uruguayans in the history of the World Cup. The following July 3, the Charruas played for third place against Austria. It was a new defeat, this time 3-1. Ernst Stojaspal, Luis Cruz against and Ernst Ocwirk converted for the Austrians. The goal of the South Americans was from Hohberg, an Argentine who gave up his life for Uruguay. Literally.
Photos: Infobae.
He died and scored a goal, in that order: the story of Juan Eduardo Hohberg in the 1954 World Cup
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