Albert Ebosse, Striker Kamerun Tewas Dilempar Suporter
Cameroonian Striker Dies After Being Hit by Object from Crowd
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
TRAGEDI memilukan terjadi di Liga Aljazair, saat seorang penyerang asal Kamerun, Albert Ebosse, meninggal dunia, setelah terkena objek yang dilempar alias ditimpuk dari tribun, dalam satu laga.
Pemain 24 tahun ini mendapat cedera serius yang disebabkan satu proyektil di akhir laga ketika klubnya, JS Kabylie, bertemu dengan USM Alger, di Tizi Ouzou, seperti dilansir theguardian.com.
Pernyataan dari Kabylie, "Kementrian dalam negeri dan pemerintah daerah, melalui menteri Tayeb Belainz sudah diberikan instruksi untuk membuka investigasi seputar kematian dari Albert Ebosse."
"Pemain JSK menyerah karena cedera di kepala setelah tertimpa benda di kepala di penghujung pertandingan dengan USM Alger."
Ebosse mencetak satu gol untuk Kabylie di pertandingan yang berakhir 2-1 kekalahan kandang dengan USM Alger, Sabtu, (23/8).
Reaksi terhadap berita kematian Ebosse, pernyataan USM Alger, "Penyerang JS Kabylie telah kehilangan nyawanya setelah tertimpa sesuatu di kepala yang dilempar dari tribune."
"Berita buruk ini adalah kesedihan untuk sepak bola nasional kita dan di Kamerun dan tiba beberapa saat setelah pertemuan dengan USM Alger yang mana dimainkan di Tizi Ouzou."
"Dalam suasana sedih ini, USM Alger dan anggota mengirimkan bela sungkawa yang mendalam untuk keluarga dan JS Kabylie. Semoga Albert Ebosse beristirahat dengan tenang."
Ebosse bermain untuk Coton Sport FC, Unisport Bafang, dan Douala AC di kampung halamannya sebelum pindah ke klub Malaysia Perak FA di 2002. Dia datang ke JS Kabylie pada Juli 2013.
CAMEROONIAN striker Albert Ebossé has died after being hit in the head by an object thrown from the stands during an Algerian league game.
The 24-year-old was fatally struck by a projectile at the end of his club JS Kabylie’s meeting with USM Alger in Tizi Ouzou.
Kabylie said in a statement: “The Ministry of Interior and Local Government, through minister Tayeb Belaiz, has given the instruction to open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Albert Ebossé.
“The JSK player succumbed to a head injury after being hit in the head at the end of the meeting with USM Alger.”
Ebossé had scored Kabylie’s goal in a match that finished as a 2-1 home defeat to USM Alger.
Reacting to the news of Ebossé’s death, USM Alger said in a statement: “JS Kabylie’s Cameroonian striker has lost his life after being hit in the head by something launched from the stands.
“This terrible news is saddening for football in our nation and in Cameroon and arrives like a bombshell just hours after the meeting with USM Alger which was played in Tizi Ouzou.
“In these painful circumstances, USM Alger and its members send their deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and to JS Kabylie. May Albert Ebossé rest in peace.”
Ebossé played for Coton Sport FC, Unisport Bafang and Douala AC in his homeland before moving to the Malaysian club Perak FA in 2012. He signed for JS Kabylie in July 2013.
