Fiorentina footballer Edoardo Bove in induced coma after collapsing ...
1 hours agoSun 1 Dec 2024 at 9:19pm
Teammates and opponents of Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove called urgently for help after he collapsed on-field against Inter Milan. (Getty Images: Image Photo Agency)
Fiorentina footballer Edoardo Bove was taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma after he collapsed on-field during a Serie A game against Inter Milan.
The match was abandoned after 16 minutes, as players were comforted by staff on the pitch.
Fiorentina said in a statement that tests had ruled out acute damage to Bove's central nervous system and cardio-respiratory system, adding that he would be re-evaluated in the next 24 hours.
Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is in a medically induced coma after collapsing on the field during his team's Serie A match at home to Inter Milan on Sunday, with the game abandoned shortly afterwards.
Bove's teammates immediately called for medical help and both sets of players surrounded the 22-year-old while he was being treated before he was swiftly stretchered off to an ambulance near the pitch and taken to Careggi Hospital in Florence.
"Fiorentina and the Careggi University Hospital announce that the footballer Edoardo Bove … is currently under pharmacological sedation and hospitalised 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 consciousness 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 at the hospital.
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.
Fiorentina and Inter Milan players were left distressed after Edoardo Bove collapsed on the field and was taken to hospital. (Getty Images: Gabriele Maltinti)
Fiorentina players were distraught on the field and were comforted by staff members as well as Inter players. Several were openly sobbing before the teams filed off the field.
The Italian league match was immediately halted, before being abandoned. The score at the time of Bove's collapse was 0-0.
Many at Fiorentina — as well as the fans — remember former captain Davide Astori, who was found dead in his hotel room in March 2018 before a match in Udine.
It is the second incident this year of a player collapsing during a Serie A match. It happened to Roma defender Evan Ndicka during his team's match at Udinese in April.
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