A fan fell ill in the stands during Inter-Udinese in the Italian Cup: match suspended for a few minutes

Thursday 19th December 2024 04:54 PM

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Salvatore Riggio

At the end of the first half suspension for Inter-Udinese: a middle-aged man sitting in the first blue ring was ill: saved, hospitalized and stabilized, he is now out of danger

Six minute break to help a fan at the first blue ring, behind the Udinese goal. The episode happened after Sava deflected a shot from Carlos Augusto into the corner. At the moment of taking the corner kick, Bastoni noticed that something was wrong in the stands and it was the defender himself, tonight with the captain’s armband on his arm, who alerted the Red Cross rescuers on the sidelines, who immediately arrived. intervened.

Meanwhile, referee Massimi stopped the game before the corner was taken. There were moments of great apprehension in those minutes. The cameras focused on the players on the pitch several times and Arnautovic, who scored the lead following an assist from Taremi, appeared very worried. Then the spectator, a middle-aged man, was taken away by rescuers on a stretcher, led by Professor Geddo, head of the stadium’s health services: he was hospitalized and stabilized, and is now out of danger.

Then the game restarted and Inter doubled their lead. They found the 2-0 with Asllani, who scored a goal directly from a corner.

(article being updated)

December 19, 2024 (changed December 19, 2024 | 10:23 pm)