Sevilla star Puerta suffers heart attack during victory
Puerta was taken to hospital after collapsing with a heart attack midway through the first half against Getafe on Saturday night.
The Spain international was able to walk from the pitch after being attended by medical staff, who prevented him swallowing his tongue, but then collapsed again in the changing rooms.
The latest report on Puerta, released by the hospital last night, said: “Antonio Puerta continues to be in the intensive care unit under sedation, connected to a ventilating machine and with hemodynamic instability.”
Sevilla had come from behind to beat nine-man Getafe 4-1.
Real Madrid began their title defence with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over city rivals Atletico Madrid at the Bernabeu on Saturday.
Atletico took the lead inside the opening minute through Sergio Aguero, but Real hit back to take the points through goals from Raul and Wesley Sneijder.
Thierry Henry had to be content with a place on the bench as Barca opened the new season with a goalless draw at 10-man Racing Santander.
Nine-man Valencia suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Villarreal.
Serie A champions Inter Milan could only manage a 1-1 draw against Udinese after Ivan Cordoba put the ball into his own goal in injury time.
The champions had led from the ninth minute after Dejan Stankovic´s strike but having lost goalkeeper Julio Cesar to a red card for handling the ball outside his own area early in the second half, the Nerazzurri were unable to press home their advantage.
After a year of exile in Serie B, Claudio Ranieri’s Juventus began their first campaign back in the top flight with a 5-1 win over Livorno, including a hat-trick from David Trezeguet.
AC Milan responded to Juventus’ impressive start by defeating Genoa 3-0 at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium yesterday, Kaka scoring twice. Roma got off to with Daniele De Rossi and Alberto Aquilani firing them to a 2-0 win at Palermo.
Karim Benzema fired a 53rd-minute winner as Lyon got back to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over St Etienne last night.
Liverpool’s Champions League opponents Toulouse were held to a 1-1 draw by Nice.
Guy Roux’s brief tenure as Lens coach ended on Saturday in a 2-1 defeat to Strasbourg. Jean-Pierre Papin will be his replacement.
Nancy moved to the top of Ligue 1 following an emphatic 4-1 victory over struggling Auxerre while Marseille beat Caen 2-1.
Bayern Munich maintained their 100% start and climbed to the top of the table with a comfortable 3-0 victory over 10-man Hannover.
Luca Toni fired the Bavarians ahead with his third goal in as many games with further goals from Mark van Bommel and Hamit Altintop.
Arminia Bielefeld are in second following a 2-0 home victory over Hertha Berlin.
Werder Bremen got their first win thanks to a debut goal from Martin Harnik at Nurnberg.
Ajax blitzed Heerenveen 4-1 yesterday to maintain a breathtaking pace at the top of the Eredivisie.
The Amsterdam giants came from a goal down, and Luis Suarez grabbed a brace.
Ajax’s arch-rivals Feyenoord also continued their fine start with a 5-0 home win over NAC Breda.
Champions PSV Eindhoven handed out a 5-0 spanking to NEC Nijmegen but elsewhere Vitesse created the first surprise of the season with a 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar.
Spartak Moscow, Celtic’s Champions League qualifier opponents this week, lost to Rubin Kazan 3-1 on Saturday. Arsenal’s opponents Sparta Prague moved into second place in the Czech league after a 4-1 win over Viktoria Zizkov.
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