The meeting between Fiorentina and Inter Milan was interrupted in the 17th minute, Sunday December 1, 2024, when Edoardo Bove, young Viola player, collapsed on the pitch.
A player on the ground, tears, an ambulance : terrible images invaded the lawn from the Artemio Franchi stadiumlair of Fiorentina, Sunday December 1, 2024, when Edoardo Bove, young midfielder of the Viola, collapsed on the field. He played a Serie A matchagainst Inter.
Heavy atmosphere
Just after retying his laces near the sidelines, number 4, on loan from AS Romatook a few steps, before suddenly falling to the ground. Quickly, concern spread to the pitch and the stands. Partners ran to help him, as did Interists, like Nicolo Barella, who quickly came to Edoardo Bove's bedside.
Emergency services intervened while many players struggled to hold back their tears. The referee, also very affected by the events, made the decision to interrupt and postpone the match. Players and staff of both teams formed a circle around Edoardo Bove before he was evacuated by ambulance.
Player news
As our colleagues from Sky Sports reported shortly before 8 p.m., the Florentine and Milan players had noted that Edoardo Bove started breathing againreassuring them after several minutes of enormous worry. Less than half an hour later, it was Fiorentina who gave news directly of the player.
And they were reassuring: even if he was still in “intensive care”, the 22-year-old had, a little earlier, been admitted to the Careggi hospital in “stable hemodynamic conditions“. The first examinations to which he underwent allowed to rule out the presence of “acute lesions of the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system.
Bove arrived stable from a hemodynamic point of view at the emergency room and the first cardiological and neurological tests carried out excluded acute damage to the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system. It will be re-evaluated in the next 24 hours.
— ACF Fiorentina (@acffiorentina)
Huge wave of support
This terrible sequence gave rise to a huge outpouring of solidarity. Many personalities from Italian and world football have given their support to the player. “We are all with you,” wrote the Italian technician Roberto Mancini. Inter player also came to Edoardo Bove's bedside, Federico Di Marco also wrote a message for the young player: “Come on Edo, we are all with you and your family.” “I love you little brother”, we are with you”, reacted, for his part, the attacker Romelu Lukaku.
Fiorentina supporters deployed banners of support in front of the hospital where their midfielder is located. Several Serie A clubs also supported Edoardo Bove. Inter, AS Roma, AC Milan, Napoli and Atalanta Bergamoto name just a few, had a thought about their networks, summed up in these two words: “Forza Edo”.
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