Sergio Rico comes out of a coma, recognizes his family and communicates through gestures

The Sevillian goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain Sergio Rico has come out of a coma, he is already conscious and communicates with his family and doctors with gestures, after twenty-two days admitted to the ICU of the Virgen del Rocío hospital in Seville after suffering an accident with a horse in the pilgrimage of El Rocío (Huelva).

The soccer player's wife, Alba Silva, pointed this out this Monday after going to visit him and told journalists that “he is taking little steps forward” and that they are already seeing “the light thanks to the hospital and the health personnel “.

He added that the footballer has communicated with gestures and has recognized his family, still unable to speak due to the time he has been intubated, and stressed that “from the beginning I knew he was going to get ahead, because he is a champion”.

The 29-year-old goalkeeper, trained in the Sevilla youth academy, in whose first team he was from the 2014-15 to 2018-19 season, was on Saturday, May 27, called up by the French team for the penultimate game of the French league , who was playing in Strasbourg, where PSG drew 1-1 and became champion of the tournament.

The goalkeeper, after that game, moved to the village of El Rocío, where he had the accident for which he was evacuated on Sunday, May 28, to the Seville hospital, where he has been since then.