The 37-year-old, who has 167 Spain caps and played more than 500 games for Real Madrid, suffered what his club, Porto called an 'acute myocardial infarction' in training earlier in the day.
LISBON - Veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas said "everything was under control" after suffering a heart attack in training, he posted on Twitter on Wednesday.
Todo controlado por aquí, un susto grande pero con las fuerzas intactas. Muchísimas gracias a todos por los mensajes y el cariño 😃💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/i3TXsELUGD "Real Madrid and its supporters wish to see their eternal captain recover as soon as possible and send him all the support of the world," the club said.Casillas joined Real before he turned 10 and played 16 seasons with the first team before moving to Porto in 2015.
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