Moment bullfighter is gored through the thigh leaving him in ‘very serious’ condition days after another matador was lanced through the backside

A star bullfighter has been brutally gored in the thigh just days after another matador was lanced through his backside. 

Roca Rey was left in a ‘very serious’ condition after being gored in the Real Maestranza bullfighting ring in Seville on Thursday. 

Footage of the incident showed Rey almost instantly being hit through the right thigh with the bull’s horns. 

The bull tossed the 29-year-old around on its horns several times before it stepped on the injured matador. 

Several bullfighting assistants, known in Spanish as ‘cuadrillas’, stepped in to draw the raging animal away. 

He was eventually able to roll away, giving him enough time to be picked up by several cuadrillas who carried him to safety. 

The wound inflicted by the bull was 35cm long and had two trajectories – one going up the leg, the other going down. 

The goring also caused serious damage to key muscles in Rey’s right thigh, though no major blood vessels were hit. 

It came just days after a bull drive its horn into the backside of one of Spain‘s most celebrated matadors. 

Morante de la Puebla, widely hailed as the ‘King of bullfighters’, is recovering in the Viamed Hospital after being rushed out of the packed Maestranza arena in Seville on April 19.

The torero had faced a bull which had positioned itself in a treacherous spot in the ring when the incident unfolded. Attempting a daring manoeuvre, he failed to raise his arms in time, leaving himself exposed.

The animal ignored the sweep of the cape and charged, catching him behind at hip level before driving its horn into his body and perforating his rectum.

Speaking from his hospital bed after being moved out of intensive care, Morante said: ‘It was the most painful goring I’ve ever had. Wow, it was excruciating. I felt it, searching for blood.’

He also admitted the fear he felt immediately after the attack, saying: ‘It was undoubtedly the most painful goring I’ve suffered in my career. 

‘I was in immense pain, and I was also very scared because I saw that the bull had caught me, and I thought I was bleeding a lot. 

‘When I got to the infirmary and saw that the bleeding was minimal, I relaxed quite a bit. But it hurt terribly.’ 

He added: ‘I had a rough night, sleeping very little, but to be honest, I wasn’t in much pain. I’ll have to stay like this for a few days, with no food, and I hope I can get through it with a little patience.’

Describing the moment he was struck, he said: ‘The bull came out loose, and when he settled in the centre of the ring, I went for him. He took me out.’

The official medical report detailed a deep wound near the anus, with damage to the sphincter muscles and a perforation to the rectal wall.