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Lecce’s Lameck Banda Discharged After On-Field Scare, Welcomes First Child

Further tests in Salento will determine his return to Eusebio Di Francesco’s squad.

Overview

  • Banda collapsed near the touchline during NapoliLecce after pain on his right side from a challenge, and Napoli won 2–1.
  • He spent the night at NaplesCardarelli hospital, where tests were reported as negative, and was discharged on Sunday.
  • The Lecce team doctor, Giuseppe Congedo, stayed with him in Naples and traveled back with him to Lecce.
  • Shortly after returning, Banda became a father as his daughter, Rumi Ezlyn, was born in Lecce.
  • Lecce sit fifth from bottom on 27 points, three above the drop, and Banda has three goals and three assists in 23 league appearances this season.