SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A soccer match in Brazil was suspended after lightning struck one of the players.

The lightning struck midfielder Gilvan near midfield in the in the 63rd minute of the Novo Horizonte-Atletico Goianiense match in the Goias state championship on Wednesday.

Gilvan immediately collapsed and was taken unconscious to the hospital, where he was treated and released.

"I woke up in the hospital," the Novo Horizonte player said. "The pain was too strong. I'm relieved to have survived this."

The injury prompted the referee to suspend the match, which was finished Thursday and won by Atletico 4-2. The game was even at 2-2 when it was interrupted.