Argentina mourns tragic death of young TV reporter at World Cup
Argentina fans and players
at the World Cup are in mourning after a young female journalist was tragically
killed in an accident while covering the World Cup in Brazil.
Maria Soledad Fernandez, a 26-year-old TV reporter for DirecTV Sports and
daughter of prominent Argentine journalist Miguel 'Titi' Fernandez, died in a
car crash on her way back to Belo Horizonte from Sao Paulo. Two of her
colleagues, Juan Daniel Berazegueti and Fernando Javier Bruno, were injured in
the accident. Both are stable and out of danger.
Local authorities said the car lost control
after a collision with another vehicle and fell off a cliff on the BR-391 road
near the town of Oliveira, with Fernandez thrown out of the vehicle when it
crashed.
Another vehicle reportedly involved in the
accident was spotted soon after at a petrol station with severe damage. The two
occupants of that car have been arrested as police begin an investigation.
Argentina's players cancelled a news
conference on Wednesday, a day after their World Cup round of 16 victory over
Switzerland, to mourn the death.
"The players are extremely saddened by this
death because they also feel affected as they are also children and they also
have children themselves," Argentina Football Association General Secretary Juan
Carlos Crespi said.
"She was much loved."
Team officials and reporters held a
minute's silence, with many in tears and clapping.
"I would like to apologise to media but we
will not hold a press conference," Crespi said. "Old people like me are also
affected because children normally bury their parents, not the other way
around."
Earlier on Wednesday Argentina player
Sergio Aguero, recovering from a thigh strain since their group game against
Nigeria, trained lightly with the ball for about 15 minutes, to see the extent
of his progress, a team official told reporters.
Argentina, who booked their quarter-final
ticket on Tuesday with an 1-0 extra-time win over the Swiss, next face
Belgium.
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