{"id":785688,"date":"2026-09-28T21:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785688\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:42:09","slug":"mallorca-goalkeeper-ivan-cuellar-injured-after-large-structure-in-canteen-falls-on-him-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785688\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallorca goalkeeper Iv\u00e1n Cu\u00e9llar injured after \u2018large structure\u2019 in canteen falls on him | Mallorca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Real <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/realmallorca\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mallorca<\/a> goalkeeper Iv\u00e1n \u201cPichu\u201d Cu\u00e9llar suffered a serious head injury when \u201ca large structure\u201d at the club\u2019s \u2060training ground canteen collapsed on him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The club said Cu\u00e9llar was taken to hospital on Monday after the incident at \u2060the Ciutat Esportiva Antonio Asensio \u2013 also known \u200bas Son Bibiloni \u2013 \u200cbefore the team\u2019s scheduled training session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Despite the alarm caused by the accident, Mallorca said the 42-year-old keeper was recovering well, as doctors monitored his condition and ruled out \u200cfurther complications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cThis morning, Ivan \u2018Pichu\u2019 Cu\u00e9llar suffered a serious head injury after a large \u200bstructure, which formed part of the decor in the dining room at the Ciutat Esportiva collapsed,\u201d the club said in a statement. \u201cThe \u2060player has been taken to hospital for treatment \u200band \u200bwill remain under observation \u200bfor the next 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Palma-based team, who are managed by former Espanyol forward Luis Garc\u00eda, are preparing for Sunday\u2019s Spanish second-division match at Girona. Both teams were relegated from La Liga last season, and sit level on 13 points after seven games this term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Cu\u00e9llar\u2019s injury \u200bleaves Garc\u00eda \u200cshort of backup \u200boptions in \u200bgoal, with Lucas Bergstr\u00f6m currently on international duty with Finland. Arnau Tenas, Mallorca\u2019s No 1 so far this season, is the only first-team keeper available \u2013 and his error led to the only goal in Sunday\u2019s 1-0 home defeat to Almer\u00eda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Real Mallorca goalkeeper Iv\u00e1n \u201cPichu\u201d Cu\u00e9llar suffered a serious head injury when \u201ca large structure\u201d at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-785688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}