Leipzig’s team doctors treat Kevin Kampl who struggled after scoring his side’s first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match RB Leipzig and FC Augsburg at the Red Bull Arena. Jan Woitas/dpaKevin Kampl suffered a minor panic attack after scoring his first Bundesliga goal in almost three years, which was also the equalizer for RB Leipzig in a 3-2 win against Augsburg on Saturday.
“I panicked a bit because I couldn’t breathe anymore. I tried to breathe, but it didn’t work. It was a little shock,” he told broadcasters MDR.
Augsburg broke the deadlock in the fifth minute, but Kampl leveled things up five minutes later. After the goal, he put his hand on his chest, leaned over the billboard and asked for medical assistance.
Kampl explained that he was hit in a duel with Augsburg defender Maximilian Bauer before scoring.
“Somehow I got hit in the back. It felt like my lungs collapsed,” he explained, and said the real problem was panic because he couldn’t breathe anymore.
He recovered and quickly returned to the field. His last Bundesliga goal was in June 2020 against Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai calls for help for visibly struggling Kevin Kampl (R) after the latter’s goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match RB Leipzig and FC Augsburg at the Red Bull Arena. Jan Woitas/dpa
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