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Sergio Agüero was taken to a hospital for checks after he fainted during half-time of SBOBET Argentina’s 4-2 friendly defeat to Nigeria.
The Argentine Football Association said on its Twitter account that the Manchester City forward “had a blackout and was taken [to hospital] so routine examinations were made only as a precaution”.
The AFA gave no further SBOBET details on the incident, which occurred after Agüero had scored in the first half. Media later published pictures of Agüero walking out of the stadium.
Manchester City said the 29-year-old Agüero had been cleared by doctors to return to England as planned after he suffered what they called “a dizzy spell”.
“Sergio never lost consciousness, and was taken to hospital for precautionary medical checks,” City said on their official website
In the match, an Argentina side without Lionel Messi squandered a two-goal lead and slipped to a shock defeat.
Ever Banega and Agüero gave Argentina the lead, with Kelechi Iheanacho pulling a goal back for Nigeria just before half-time with a free-kick.
The Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi scored twice and Brian Idowu also found the net for Nigeria in the second half.
The Argentina defender Javier Mascherano said: “Playing against a team of such physical strength you pay the price. They walked all over us SBOBET
… and when we tried to get back on the match we couldn’t.”
