Cagliari’s Young Forward Yael Trepy Discharged After Near-Fatal Accident

For Cagliari and their supporters, the fear has finally lifted. Yael Trepy, the young French striker whose life and career hung in the balance after a horrific swimming pool accident, has been discharged from hospital in good condition.

The 16 August incident, at a villa in the Baja Sardinia area near the Costa Smeralda, almost ended before his story had truly begun. Trepy nearly drowned during what should have been a simple holiday break. Only the speed and coordination of the emergency services, who airlifted him to the "Santissima Annunziata" University Hospital of Sassari, prevented catastrophe.

He arrived in critical condition. Doctors moved immediately, placing him in intensive care and inducing a coma. For 48 hours, everything paused: his progress at Cagliari, his future in the game, his life outside it. Then he woke, and the long climb back started.

Once stabilised, Trepy was transferred to the pulmonology ward, where the picture slowly brightened. Tests confirmed no major physical damage, a crucial verdict for any athlete, let alone a young forward on the brink of a professional career. Day by day, his condition improved, to the point where the medical team could talk about discharge rather than survival.

Professor Pietro Pirina, director of the department of clinical and interventional pulmonology at Sassari University Hospital, summed up the journey in a statement to "Sky Sport": “The patient is leaving hospital in a generally good clinical condition, after a course of treatment that showed a gradual and marked recovery.”

He underlined that this was not some unexplained marvel, but the product of a system working exactly as it should. “The tests carried out during his stay in hospital showed an improvement in his condition, which allowed us to plan his discharge from hospital with peace of mind. If some have spoken in recent days of a miracle, we prefer to speak of the work of a system that has proven its effectiveness.”

On departure, Trepy walked out of the hospital doors with a broad smile, his mother at his side. He stopped to say goodbye to the medical staff who had watched over him, as well as the general director and medical director of the hospital. Two weeks earlier, he had arrived by helicopter, unconscious. Now he left on his own two feet.

The next stop is Arco, in the province of Trento. There, a structured rehabilitation programme awaits, designed to rebuild his strength and monitor every step of his recovery. Once that phase is complete, more detailed tests will determine the biggest question of all: whether Yael Trepy can return to competition and receive full fitness clearance.

For now, the scoreboard is simple. He is alive. He is recovering. And the rest of his career is still out there, waiting.