A final year student of Engineering at Akwatia Technical Institute, Ghana, collapsed and died as he and others celebrated the 4-0 defeat of Barcelona by Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals second-leg match at Anfield on Tuesday
The Liverpool fan, identified as Hebert Danso Atiko, a Ghanaian, was found lying on the floor unconscious, following a jubilation session for the fourth goal at a pub in Eastern Ghana.
NAN quotes an eyewitness saying that Atiko was rushed to the Akwatia St. Dominic’s Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead after other soccer fans at the pub had tried but failed to revive him.
Hebert was reportedly writing his final exams as of the time of the incident.
He was staying in a rented apartment outside the school campus.
The principal of Akwatia Technical Institution, Mr. Maxwel Owusu-Afriyie, told the Accra based radio station, Starr FM, that the incident was being investigated.
“We will get the details and see if there was something the student did that suggests that his behaviour was in excess.
“On that, we can really talk to the students. We have a system in place where we talk to the students and their behaviour these days,” said Owusu-Afriyie.
Atiko is believed to be a teenager.
Liverpool’s win over Barcelona on Tuesday has been ranked among one of the greatest comebacks in world football.
They beat the Spanish champions despite losing the first leg 3-0.
