Sunday’s Serie A game between Inter Milan and Fiorentina had to be abandoned after Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove Fiorentina during the game.
The player has been put in a medically induced coma after collapsing on the pitch.
Bove collapsed during 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.
Fiorentina players quickly with support from the Inter squad called for medical help for the midfielder who received first aid treatment before being whisked of Careggi Hospital in Florence.
“Fiorentina and the Careggi University Hospital announce that the footballer Edoardo Bove … is currently under pharmacological sedation and hospitalized in intensive care,” Fiorentina said in a statement. “The first cardiological and neurological tests performed have ruled out acute damage to the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system. Edoardo Bove will be re-evaluated in the next 24 hours.”
Sky Italia reported that the player regained conscienceless while he was in the ambulance and was managing to breathe on his own.
Fiorentina players were distraught on the field and were comforted by staff members as well as Inter players.
The score at the time of Bove’s collapse was 0-0.
