Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove collapses during Serie A match

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is in a medically induced coma after collapsing on the sector throughout his staff’s Serie A match at dwelling to Inter Milan on Sunday, with the sport deserted shortly afterward.

Bove’s teammates instantly referred to as for medical assist and each units of gamers surrounded the 22-year-old whereas he was being handled earlier than he was swiftly stretchered off to an ambulance close to the pitch and brought to Careggi Hospital in Florence.

“Fiorentina and the Careggi College Hospital announce that the footballer Edoardo Bove … is at present beneath pharmacological sedation and hospitalized in intensive care,” Fiorentina mentioned in a press release. “The primary cardiological and neurological exams carried out have dominated out acute injury to the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system. Edoardo Bove can be re-evaluated within the subsequent 24 hours.”

Sky Italia reported that the participant regained consciousness whereas he was within the ambulance and was managing to breathe on his personal.

Bove’s mother and father and his girlfriend have arrived on the hospital together with Fiorentina coach Raffaele Palladino and most of his teammates, in addition to membership administrators and the town’s mayor.

Fiorentina followers have additionally gathered outdoors the hospital and displayed a banner with the phrases: “Forza Edoardo, Florence is with you.”

Fiorentina president Rocco Commisso echoed that sentiment and the membership mentioned he and his household are in fixed contact from the US to assist Bove and his household.

“Forza Edoardo, we’re with you,” Commisso mentioned. “You’re a robust boy with an excellent character.”

Extra messages of assist flooded in on social media from gamers and golf equipment. Inter midfielder Federico Dimarco, who was on the sector on the time, wrote “Forza Edo, we’re all with you and your loved ones.”

The incident occurred within the sixteenth minute of the match, with play stopped following a VAR test. Bove apparently bent right down to tie the laces on his boot earlier than he out of the blue dropped to the bottom.

Fiorentina gamers had been distraught on the sector and had been comforted by employees members in addition to Inter gamers. A number of had been overtly sobbing earlier than the groups filed off the sector.

The Italian league match was instantly halted, earlier than being deserted. The rating on the time of Bove’s collapse was 0-0.

Many at Fiorentina — in addition to the followers — keep in mind former captain Davide Astori, who was discovered useless in his lodge room in March 2018 earlier than a match in Udine.

It’s the second incident this yr of a participant collapsing throughout a Serie A match. It occurred to Roma defender Evan Ndicka throughout his staff’s match at Udinese in April.

Bove is a product of the Roma youth academy and joined Fiorentina on mortgage within the offseason with the choice to make the transfer everlasting.

Romelu Lukaku, who spent final season at Roma with Bove, posted a photograph of the pair throughout a match and added the caption: “I like you lil bro. We’re all with you.”

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