Cagliari’s Yael Trepy Leaves Hospital After Pool 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 shocking 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, turned what should have been a simple holiday moment into a fight for survival. Trepy almost drowned. Without the speed and coordination of the emergency services, doctors are clear: the outcome could have been devastating.

Airlifted to the "Santissima Annunziata" University Hospital of Sassari, the forward was taken straight into intensive care. He spent 48 hours in a medically induced coma, the most critical phase of a two-week stay that would test both his body and the medical system around him.

When he woke, the tone changed. Slowly at first, then with growing confidence, Trepy began to recover. He was moved from intensive care to the pulmonology ward, where specialists monitored his lungs and overall condition. Crucially, tests confirmed he had suffered no major physical damage, a huge relief for a player at the very start of his professional journey.

‘Not a miracle – a system that worked’

As Trepy prepared to leave the hospital, Professor Pietro Pirina, director of the department of clinical and interventional pulmonology at Sassari University Hospital, summed up the medical team’s work 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 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 reminder: this was not luck. It was preparation, coordination and execution – from the first emergency call to the final discharge form.

A smile, a farewell, and the road ahead

Trepy left the hospital with a broad smile, walking out alongside his mother after saying goodbye to the medical staff, the general director and the medical director who had overseen his care. The most dangerous chapter is over. The story now moves to its next phase.

He will continue his rehabilitation in Arco, in the province of Trento, where a tailored programme awaits him. There, specialists will guide his gradual return to full activity, with further detailed tests to follow.

Only then will doctors decide if he can be cleared to compete again. From the edge of tragedy to the threshold of a comeback, the next verdict will not be about survival, but about how far – and how fast – his career can resume.