Edoardo Bove, midfielder of the Fiorentinacollapsed in the middle of the game this Sunday against Inter Milan causing scenes of panic at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, from where he was transferred to the intensive care unit of Careggi Hospital.
“ACF and the Careggi University Hospital inform that the footballer Edoardo Bove, rescued on the pitch after losing consciousness during the Fiorentina – Inter match, is currently under pharmacological sedation and hospitalized in intensive care“, Fiorentina published through their social networks.
Twenty minutes into the game, Bove crashed after a few missteps in a clear warning sign for the rest of the players. Very close to the sideline, it took just seconds for the assistance to jump to assist the player, surrounded by panicked teammates and rivals.
Bove was resuscitated in the field and transported by ambulance to the most important hospital center in the city, while the match, on matchday 14 of the Italian Serie A and with 0-0, he was suspended. The footballer born in Rome responded quickly to the care of the doctors in the cardiology department and He soon regained consciousness and was breathing independently..
With him from the beginning was his family, as well as Fiorentina’s sporting director, Daniele Pradé, and his coach Raffaele Palladino, while little by little his teammates arrived. Even the mayor of Florence, Sara Funaro, who accompanied the player’s mother, and the president of the region, Eugenio Giani, went to the hospital, while Bove’s evolution is positive.