Italian Eduardo Bove, A 22-year-old player from Fiorentina That this Sunday He collapsed unconscious during a Serie A match against Inter, Collided minutes before its collapse with the Dutch Denzel Dumfries And he came to the bench to change his shirt already visibly affected.
The step in question, The blow to the trunk that he suffered a few minutes before his collapse, The reason that caused it can be a few minutes after entering it Cardiorespiratory arrest At the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence.
There , on the bench , while putting on a new T-shirt, He already commented that he was dizzy to the coaching staffAccording to local media reports on Monday.
The moment they attend to Eduardo Bove after he suffered a breakdown against Inter.
It all happened in just a few minutes. From the clash with Dumfries to his loss of consciousness there were almost no plays.
It was the 17th minute of the match when Inter scored a goal. Argentine Lautaro Martinez took advantage of a long pass from Dumfries himself And he shot to score the first goal of the duel. However, the schoolboy canceled the goal to check if the ball had gone too far in the Dumfries pass.
While some protested to validate the goal and others to cancel it, POV bent down to try to recover from his dizziness. At first it seemed that he was tying his shoelaces, but a video on social networks found out that he was trying to gather strength.
Cataldi tried to stop him from choking on his tongue
He sat down, still with the game stopped , and He took two steps before losing consciousness in front of the Inter bench. Dumfries and Calhanoglu quickly noticed. Especially because they saw how their coach, Simon Inzaghi, he was shooting from the bench to the field To help he was sliding along the way.
‘Fury’ player Danilo Cataldi tried to stop him from choking With his own tongue, seconds later, medical help from both teams and the stadium team arrived to control the situation. There, the players and the coaching staff formed a circle. Alone Some ran in search of the ambulance, Fearfully asking to enter the field.
According to the protocol, The ambulance waited in the corner closest to the exit. All the necessary materials were perfectly posted next to the affected material. After 5 minutes, the first aid has already been completed, The car left in the direction of the careggia University Hospital in Florence.
The game was suspended at that time, With the faces of the players expressing their concern and most of Fiorentina Between the tears.
In memory of David Astori and Joe Baron
The Artemio Franchi stadium was silent, but no one moved. The fans were living another nightmare. Remember what happened with their leader David Astori , in 2018And, more recently, with the executive Joe Barron. Neither of the two cases, although both related to heart attacks, occurred in this area.
The closest thing Italian football has seen in recent times was in April, at Udinese-Roma who Ivorian Ivan Ndika also collapsed in the middle of the match. The center left the field in better condition, although he was also hospitalized.
POV arrived at the hospital and regained consciousness. Being able to get out with the help of cardiorespiratory arrest helps and He spent the night in intensive care and under anesthesia, As reported by the club and the Medical Center.
No acute damage to the central nervous system
“Fiorentina and the carigi University Hospital report that Football player Eduardo Bove, He was rescued on the pitch after losing consciousness during the Fiorentina-Inter match, He is currently under medical anesthesia and hospitalized in intensive care”Fiorentina said in a statement.
“A dynamically stable POV arrived in the emergency room and The first conducted cardiac and neurological tests excluded acute damage In the central nervous system and cardiorespiratory system. He will be re-evaluated within the next 24 hours”.
A new joint medical bulletin will arrive throughout the day after the footballer undergoes new tests. Serie A, meanwhile, will announce the The date on which the remaining minutes of the suspended match will take place.
