'Prognosis remains guarded' - Serie A's Trepy on ventilator
Serie A striker Yael Trepy will stay in hospital under "pharmacological sedation", but appears to be improving.
Cagliari forward Yael Trepy, 20, is recovering after being found unconscious in a swimming pool in Sardinia. The young player, who had been on a ventilator and in a medically induced coma, was airlifted to Santissima Annunziata Civil Hospital in Sassari on Sunday afternoon. Cagliari released a statement on Tuesday evening confirming that Trepy's condition was improving.
Dr Stefania Milia, the hospital's director of Emergency and Intensive Care, said that Trepy had gradually been weaned off ventilation and sedation, allowing him to wake up and show full recovery of consciousness. He is currently alert, cooperative, and shows no evident neurological deficits. However, Trepy remains in intensive care and continues to receive close clinical and respiratory monitoring.
The prognosis is still considered guarded. Trepy was reportedly swimming with friends when he encountered difficulty, possibly due to the depth of the pool. Cagliari's players had an off-weekend after their Coppa Italia win over Arezzo, in which Trepy played 54 minutes. The player, who was a Cagliari youth product, had only 8 Serie A appearances last season and scored once.
He moved to Cagliari's academy in 2022 after starting his youth career with Parisian side US Creteil-Lusitanos.
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