Football Player Dies During a Match in Peru · Global Voices
Gabriela García Calderón Orbe

Five minutes before the end of a game between the football teams Real Garcilaso and Sporting Cristal, 18-year-old Sporting Cristal player Yair José Clavijo suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away. Sporting Cristal's medical team tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate him at the field of the Municipal Stadium in Urcos, in Cusco.
Former football commentator Elejalder Godos [es] joined the Twitter users who resorted [es] to the microblogging network to express their feelings about this sad news:
Mis condolencias a la familia de Yair Clavijo ante la temprana desaparición del joven jugador de Sporting Cristal,en cancha cuzqueña
— Elejalder Godos (@GodosElejalder) July 21, 2013
My condolences to Yair Clavijo's family for the untimely passing of young Sporting Cristal player in a Cusquean field.