Iker Casillas had a heart attack during a training session on Wednesday and his former Spanish league rival, Lionel Messi, has joined many other footballers to wish him a quick recovery.
Casillas, who now plays for the Portuguese side, FC Porto, had to be rushed to the hospital after the attack.
Although it has been announced that he was already in a stable condition, the attack came as a shock to many football fans as the goalkeeper had never shown any health deficiency trait since he began his goalkeeping career.
Casillas has a total number of 167 caps for the Spanish national team, making him the player with the highest number of appearances in the history of the team.
Messi aired his wishes for the goalkeeper after he helped Barcelona in defeating Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League tie on Wednesday night.
On his Instagram page, the Barcelona talisman wrote, “
“Happy with the result of tonight. But we still have to go to Anfield, a very difficult stadium, where Liverpool – who are a great team – will push hard.
“The most important moment of the season is coming and we have to be closer and united than ever.
“Finally I want to take this opportunity to send a hug to Casillas and wish him to recover very soon.”
During his time in Real Madrid, Iker Casillas bagged five La Liga titles and three champions leagues. He was also the first-team goalkeeper for Spain when they won Euro 2008, FIFA World Cup 2010, and Euro 2012.
After spending 16 years with Real Madrid, Casillas moved to Porto in 2015 where he won the first tier league title in 2018.
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