Very sad news in English football. “Millwall FC is completely devastated to announce that Matija Sarkic has passed away at the age of 26”, the English team has reported. The Montenegrin goalkeeper, born in 1997, had just started for the Lions this season in the Championship, having played a total of 33 games.
Social networks have been flooded with messages of support for the club and the goalkeeper’s family. An absolute international with the Montenegrin National Team, Matija Sarkic came out of the Aston Villa youth academy to spend most of his career in the silver category of English football.. Even in the 2022-2023 season he remained in the ranks of Wolverhampton, participating in two cup competitions (FA Cup and Carabao Cup).
According to reports in England, Matija Sarkic was in the Montenegrin town of Budva when he fell ill last Saturday. “An ambulance immediately responded to the scene, but attempts to save his life failed. and died around 6:30 in the morning (local time),” adds the British ‘Daily Mail’.
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