Scene of terror and fear at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence in the 17th minute of the first half, during the match between Fiorentina and Inter. Fiorentina’s Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove felt unwell and collapsed on the pitch. His teammates and opponents, in shock and in tears and on their knees, administered first aid before the (late) intervention of the medical staff. The former Roma player was taken in an ambulance, while the teams returned to the locker rooms: all the players present in the middle of the field tried to protect the player by placing themselves around him to cover him and speed up the arrival of the ambulance.
When he was taken away, Edoardo Bove did not seem conscious: the medical staff gave him the necessary aid and removed his tongue from his throat, before going to Careggi hospital: “The match will not resume and is postponed to a date to be determined. When play was interrupted, Bove collapsed to the ground and the situation immediately looked very serious. An ambulance took the player away, news is awaited», Wrote in an official press release sent to the press. According to the first information filtering from Careggi hospital, Edoardo Bove is awake and conscious. The 22-year-old is said to be breathing independently.
