Yael Trepy Discharged from Hospital After Near-Drowning Incident

Cagliari breathe again. So does Yael Trepy.

Two weeks after a terrifying swimming pool accident that almost cost him his life and threatened to end his career before it had even started, the young French striker has been discharged from the "Santissima Annunziata" University Hospital in Sassari in good condition.

From holiday horror to hospital discharge

The incident dates back to 16 August. A villa in Baja Sardinia, near the Costa Smeralda. A holiday setting that turned in an instant.

Trepy nearly drowned in a swimming pool. The situation was critical enough that emergency teams had to act immediately, airlifting him by helicopter to hospital. Without that rapid response, doctors are in no doubt: the outcome could have been catastrophic.

On arrival in Sassari, medics moved fast. The Cagliari forward was taken straight into intensive care and placed in a medically induced coma for 48 hours. Those first two days were the most delicate. His future – as a footballer and as a young man – hung in the balance.

Then came the first positive sign. He woke up. From there, the climb began.

Doctors gradually eased him out of intensive care and transferred him to the pulmonology ward. There, specialists monitored his lungs and overall condition, step by step, until they could finally confirm what everyone around Cagliari desperately hoped to hear: no major physical damage.

“Not a miracle – a system that worked”

With the worst behind him, the hospital chose its words carefully, but with obvious pride.

Professor Pietro Pirina, director of the department of clinical and interventional pulmonology at Sassari University Hospital, spoke to "Sky Sport" as Trepy prepared to leave.

“The patient is leaving hospital in a generally good clinical condition, after a course of treatment that showed a gradual and marked recovery,” he said.

“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.”

It was a pointed message. This was not chance. It was coordination: emergency services, helicopter transport, intensive care, specialist follow-up. A chain that held when it mattered most.

A smile, a farewell, and the road to Arco

When Trepy finally stepped out of the hospital doors, the scene was in sharp contrast to the drama of mid-August.

He left with a broad smile, walking alongside his mother. Before departing, he took time to say goodbye to the medical staff who had watched over him, as well as the general director and medical director of the hospital. Relief mixed with gratitude. The fear of those first hours replaced by a quiet, cautious optimism.

The story does not end in Sassari, though. It simply moves north.

Next stop: Arco, in the province of Trento. There, Trepy will begin a structured rehabilitation programme, designed to rebuild his strength and monitor every response of his body after the trauma.

Only after that phase, and after further detailed tests, will doctors and club staff be able to answer the question that now hangs over his young career: when – and if – he can return to competition and receive full fitness clearance.

For now, the scoreboard reads like this: life, saved. Football will have to wait its turn.