CNN —The Eredivisie match between RKC Waalwijk and Ajax was suspended in the 84th minute on Saturday after RKC goalkeeper Etienne Vaessen was knocked unconscious after colliding with an Ajax player. Vaessen was immediately attended to by the medical staff and screens were put up around him while players from both clubs, some overcome with emotion, surrounded him to block the public’s view of the injured goalkeeper. Both clubs were taken into the tunnel and the match was later called off. He was conscious again when he left the field but he did not know where he was,” he added. It is currently unknown what will happen with the remainder of the match, Ajax said on Saturday.

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Persons: Etienne Vaessen, Vaessen “, “, Vaessen, Brian Brobbey, RKC, Frank van Mosselveld, “ Etienne, ” Organizations: CNN, RKC Waalwijk, Ajax, RKC, ESPN