McTominay: I Underwent Cardiac Electrical Shock Before the World Cup!

Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay revealed that he underwent cardiac electrical shock just two days before his national team’s opening World Cup match against Haiti. He had previously announced that he missed training sessions leading up to the 1-0 victory over Haiti in Massachusetts due to a stomach problem. However, the 29-year-old player said during a press conference, “I had to go and undergo cardiac electrical shock two days before the Haiti match.”

McTominay featured in all three of Scotland’s World Cup matches, but he was not at his best, as the team was eliminated from the group stage after losses to Morocco and Brazil. He added, “I was 100% ready, but when you’re lying on a hospital bed two days before your first World Cup match, about to undergo anesthesia, that’s not ideal, is it?”

He continued, “I had prepared excellently and was in great physical shape, and then something like this happens, and you ask yourself: How could this happen to me?”

The Napoli player added, “This is absolutely no excuse, but it’s something you have to look back on later and say, ‘Well, it’s part of the journey.’”

McTominay returned to action with Napoli at the start of this season, but after featuring in the team’s first two Serie A matches, he missed all of September following surgery. He underwent a catheter ablation procedure in Manchester to treat a minor, non-life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.

He said, “I’m fine. I feel much better than I did before. I think this was something that had to be done.”

He added, “Obviously, it looks much more serious to people in the media, and to family and friends who contacted me after seeing news about a heart problem, but it was a relatively minor procedure and went excellently.”