Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas shot in the head

[LeTallecWiz]

Hopefully he pulls through so he can lead as normal a life as possible ... it doesn't sound good at all though.

Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas is in serious condition after being shot in the head during an attack in a bar, Mexico City's attorney general has confirmed.

The 29-year-old striker, who was visiting the establishment with friends and relatives, was attacked early in the morning at the bar in the south of Mexico City.

"He was shot in the head," prosecutor Miguel Angel Mancera, told the news channel Televisa. "According to an initial report it [the bullet] was a shot from a firearm with a frontal entry point and without exit."

"We don't clearly know the motive behind the injury ... The player is conscious but he has a heart problem which they're trying to stabilise.

"We're waiting to see what those arrested have to say. It seems that the attack happened in the bathroom of the bar.''

Cabanas is a prolific goalscorer for Primera División de México side Club America - scoring 18 goals in 24 matches this season - and he is an integral part of Paraguay's national side.

Club America president Michel Bauer revealed the forward was undergoing surgery. Bauer added that he believed the attack to have been unprovoked, having spoken to Cabanas' wife who was present with the striker at the time of the attack.

"He arrived conscious and responded well to the questions they asked him as he was going into hospital,'' Bauer told Televisa. "It's a key point that can be encouraging, but until further notice we cannot speculate on anything at all.

"They wanted to assault him. I can confirm that that is what his wife has said, that it was an assault. There was no shoot-out nor any quarrel.''

The former Paraguayan Footballer of the Year was expected to feature in the World Cup in South Africa where La Albirroja are in Group F with Italy, Slovakia and New Zealand.

Bauer added that he believed the attack to have been unprovoked, having spoken to Cabanas' wife who was present with the striker at the time of the attack.

"He arrived conscious and responded well to the questions they asked him as he was going into hospital. It's a key point that can be encouraging, but until further notice we cannot speculate on anything at all.

"They wanted to assault him. I can confirm that that is what his wife has said, that it was an assault. There was no shoot-out nor any quarrel.''

 

[keniget]

Fuck.

Was saying in another thread recently that I saw him play a few months ago and he looked pretty decent.

Hope he pulls through.

 

[gene hughes]

The bullet is still in his head, I doubt he'll play again.

 

[gene hughes]

Actually, it's possible that he was shot in the lower face and the bullet is lodged in his jawbone or something. So maybe he will play again.

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

He may never eat steak well-done again. Is his Mum called Copa?

Get well soon Cabanas.

 

[Paddy]

Ya got a bullet in the fucking head!

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

I think South America is the worst place to be a professional sportsman. Passionate fans, accessible high class drugs and firearms. One mistake and you are literally history.

 

[manwithnoname]

Lucas should have stayed there a bit longer

 

[Stulikesdrums]

Honest question for you Bren, answer honestly. If Lucas was killed in a car crash, would you be please?

 

[Paddy]

LOL.

Of course he wouldn't.

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

Content would be the correct word me thinks.

 

[Stulikesdrums]

Yeah, I'd say it would be a Hamlet moment for him.

 

[manwithnoname]

As if a car crash could hurt Lucarse.

That cunt could fall out of an airlock on Mir and land at Melwood with a singed eyebrow about an hour later

 

[gene hughes]

"'Tis a Mir flesh wound", he'd quip.

How we'd laugh.

 

[Stulikesdrums]

....... and then cry.

 

[MaBigTip]

@Brendan
oh, I though you were gonna claim responsibility for his (Lucas) death.

 

[dee]

[quote author=Stu link=topic=38642.msg1042741#msg1042741 date=1264455464]
Honest question for you Bren, answer honestly. If Lucas was killed in a car crash, would you be pleased?
[/quote]

I suspect the answer may be "Only if he suffered for several hours first"

 

[Squiggles]

Ha

(And the car would be more damaged than Lucas/Captain Scarlett)

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Update from Footy365.com: http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5902386,00.html

looks like he's doing better.

 

[Stulikesdrums]

Good to hear, hope he makes a full recovery.

 

[Asbo]

[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=38642.msg1046712#msg1046712 date=1264946649]
Update from Footy365.com: http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5902386,00.html

looks like he's doing better.

[/quote]

Good, but now when he scores a goal, which paper will do the 'bullet header' headline?

 

[manwithnoname]

I don't think he'll react well when the crowd yell 'shoot'

 

[Jürgen4PM]

[quote author=Brendan link=topic=38642.msg1046748#msg1046748 date=1264950742]
I don't think he'll react well when the crowd yell 'shoot'
[/quote]

Haha

 

[Fabio]

Hopefully this all doesn't make him apprehensive about pulling the trigger

 

[Dreambeliever]

[quote author=Fabio Alrighty-o link=topic=38642.msg1046784#msg1046784 date=1264953302]
Hopefully this all doesn't make him apprehensive about pulling the trigger
[/quote]

I was more thinking he won't go down in the box like he's been shot.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I can't find the story in the English media but the story in an Israeli football site says a) that the cameras from the shooting that night show 3 cops doing it and b) his doctors think he'll play in the world cup.