Part one of the 2009-2010 La Liga season preview will be out in the next couple of days, but
today is devoted to Daniel Jarque González, who tragically passed away at the age of twenty-six
while his RCD Espanyol team and he were on their preseason tour of Italy. According to the RCD
Espanyol website, "Tragedy struck Espanyol and the family of Dani Jarque this evening.
The Spanish football world lost a member of their family last night when Espanyol captain,
Dani Jarque, died of heart failure in his room prior to the Periquitos'
pre-season friendly against Bologna. It's very sad whenever the football world experiences death
and this reminds us all over again of Antonio Puerta.
via EFE
Spanish players and fans from all over are mourning the death of Espanyol captain, Dani
Jarque who passed away on Sunday due to heart failure. La Furia Roja's players gathered at
a hotel in Madrid yesterday before their away friendly to Macedonia and many were
noticeably reeling from the shock.
Shocking news. Jarque was just 26 years of age. He apparently died of sudden cardiac arrest and
could not be revived.
"The doctor Cervera carried out CPR on the player and used a defibrillator, which showed
that the arrest was non-responsive.
"The medical services continued carrying out CPR, administering adrenaline and atropine for an
hour, but the player's heart did not react, so finally that determined his death.
Por Sebastián Dulbeca
Los ojos en blanco de Marc-Vivien Foe y el espaldarazo de Miklos Feher regresan en bucle cada vez
que un futbolista se derrumba sobre el césped a solas con su sombra. En un círculo de aire limpio
de rivales sucumbieron también Antonio Puerta y el felizmente recuperado para la vida no deportiva
Rubén de la Red.
Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque has died after he suffered a cardiac arrest following a training
session, the club have confirmed in a statement.
The 26-year-old midfielder had been training in Coverciano, Italy, where the squad are on a
pre-season camp.
Club doctors and Italian paramedics tried to revive Jarque without success.
Hace dos años Antonio Puerta y ahora Dani Jarque: ¿por qué?
"La tragedia ha vuelto a cebarse con el fútbol español.
Prácticamente dos años después del fallecimiento de Antonio Puerta, un ataque al corazón segó
ayer la vida en Italia de Dani Jarque, capitán del Espanyol de Barcelona, de 26 años y uno de los
defensas más prometedores de nuestro fútbol.
Fans line up at the Cornella El Prat to pay their respect to Dani Jarque
Spain paid its respect to Espanyol skipper Dani Jarque whose body was brought back to Barcelona
and lay in repose at the chapel of the Cornella- El Prat.
A number of clubs showed up to say farewell to the young defender who tragically died three days
ago at the age of 26 years of a sudden heart attack.
