Uruguayan football player dies days after collapsing during a game

Uruguayan football is in mourning. 27-year-old player Juan Izquierdo died Tuesday (Aug. 27) at a hospital in Brazil five days after collapsing during a game.

On social media, his club Nacional, and former clubs expressed their “deep pain” and extended their sympathies to Izquierdo’s family.

Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein said in a statement that he passed away following “cardiorespiratory arrest associated with his cardiac…