Black day for the Ivorian soccer championship. The League 1 is in mourning. Sylla Moustapha, a player of Racing Club d'Abidjan, died on Sunday, March 5, around 7:30 pm in the middle of a match at Champroux Stadium in Marcory. As the opposing team, SOL FC, was taking the ball out of their camp, Sylla, alone on the left side of the Racing defense, collapsed while backing up to get a better position.
The opposing striker near him, against whom he was defending, then quickly called for help. The paramedics took time, in panic, to come and transport him to the nearest health center. Unfortunately, the president of the club, Cissé Souleymane, reached SNA a few minutes later confirmed the death of the left-back.
