A 22-year-old footballer collapsed on the pitch during an Italian Serie A match, prompting an emergency response.
Officials quickly suspended the match and rushed Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove off the pitch in an ambulance.
Bove collapsed untouched in the 16th minute of the contest.
The players returned to the locker rooms as emergency responders transported Bove to the hospital.
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Holy moly!The moment 22 year old Edoardo Bove collapses during Fiorentina vs Inter match left viewers shocked as game is cancelled!
Players left in tears! pic.twitter.com/q1JyhaACkC
— aussie17 (@_aussie17) December 1, 2024
Daily Mail reports:
Players and staff had formed a wall around Bove while medical staff tended to him. Several players from both sides were seen crying in harrowing scenes.
ADVERTISEMENTFiorentina have released a statement detailing how Bove is ‘currently under pharmacological sedation and hospitalised in intensive care’.
The club went on to say ‘the first cardiological and neurological tests carried out have excluded acute damage to the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system’.
Fiorentina’s statement read: ‘ACF Fiorentina and the Careggi University Hospital announce that the footballer Edoardo Bove, who was treated on the pitch following a loss of consciousness during the Fiorentina-Inter match, is currently under pharmacological sedation and hospitalised in intensive care .
‘The Viola footballer arrived at the emergency room in stable haemodynamic conditions and the first cardiological and neurological tests carried out have excluded acute damage to the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system. Edoardo Bove will be re-evaluated in the next 24 hours’.
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Thinking of everyone at Fiorentina, Edoardo Bove and the entire Bove family. pic.twitter.com/1y7LqaI0Yi
— Inter Xtra (@Inter_Xtra) December 1, 2024
Italian footballer collapses on pitch during crunch Serie A tie – VIDEO WARNING
Edoardo Bove appeared to collapse while seeing to his laces during Fiorentina vs Inter Milan. Players were left in tears as the midfielder was rushed away to an ambulance.
The horrible scenes serve… pic.twitter.com/hSTxbeXI9p
— “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) December 1, 2024
From the Associated Press:
Sky Italia reported that the player regained consciousness while he was in the ambulance and was managing to breathe on his own.
Bove’s parents and his girlfriend have arrived at the hospital along with Fiorentina coach Raffaele Palladino and most of his teammates, as well as club directors and the city’s mayor.
Fiorentina fans have also gathered outside the hospital and displayed a banner with the words: “Forza Edoardo, Florence is with you.”
ADVERTISEMENTFiorentina president Rocco Commisso echoed that sentiment and the club said he and his family are in constant contact from the United States to support Bove and his family.
“Forza Edoardo, we’re with you,” Commisso said. “You’re a strong boy with a great character.”
More messages of support flooded in on social media from players and clubs. Inter midfielder Federico Dimarco, who was on the field at the time, wrote “Forza Edo, we are all with you and your family.”
The incident happened in the 16th minute of the match, with play stopped following a VAR check. Bove apparently bent down to tie the laces on his boot before he suddenly dropped to the ground.
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