Edoardo Bovethe 22-year-old soccer player from Fiorentina of Italy who collapsed unconscious on Sunday during a Serie A match against Interis recovering favorably at the Careeggi hospital in Florence, where he is extubated and awakeand the possible cause of the collapse in the middle of the playing field began to be revealed: minutes before he had collided with the Dutchman Denzel Dumfries.
In fact, he went to the substitute bench at the Artemio Franchi stadium to change his shirt, already visibly affected. There, while he was putting on the new jacket, he already commented that he was dizzy to the coaching staff, according to several Italian media reports this Monday.
It all happened in just a few minutes.. From the collision with Dumfries to his loss of consciousness there were almost no plays.
It was the 17th minute of the game when Inter scored the goal. The Argentinian Lautaro Martínez He took advantage of a long pass from Dumfries himself and shot to score the first goal. However, the referee stopped play to check if the ball had gone over the side on Dumfries’ pass.
While some protested to validate the goal and others to annul it, Bove crouched down to try to recover from his dizziness. At first it seemed like he was tying the laces of his boots, but a video on social media revealed that he was trying to gain strength.
He stood up, still with the game slowed down, and took two steps before falling unconscious in front of the Inter bench. Dumfries and Calhanoglu quickly realized. Especially because they saw how their coach Simone Inzaghihe rushed out to help and slipped on the road.
Danilo Cataldi, a ‘Fiore’ player, tried to prevent him from suffocating on his own tongue and, seconds later, medical assistance from both teams and those from the stadium arrived to take control of the situation. There, players and coaching staff formed a circle to prevent disturbing images from being captured.. Only a few ran out in search of the ambulance, asking it to enter the field quickly.
By protocol, the ambulance waited on the corner closest to the exit. All the necessary material was perfectly displayed next to the affected person. After 5 minutes, once the first aid was completed, the vehicle left for the Careggia University Hospital in Florence.
The match was immediately suspended, with the players’ faces expressing their concern and the majority of Fiorentina in tears.
Photo: Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via APThe Artemio Franchi stadium was silent, but no one moved. The fans were living another new nightmare. They remembered what happened to their captain Davide Astoriin 2018, and, more recently, with its manager Joe Barone. Neither case, although both related to heart attacks, happened on the field of play.
The closest thing that Italian football has experienced to this in recent times was in April, in Udinese-Rome, when the Ivorian Evan Ndicka He also collapsed in the middle of the game. The center back left the field in better condition, although he was also transported to the hospital.
Bove arrived at the hospital and regained consciousness there.. He managed to get out with the help of cardiorespiratory arrest assistance and He spent the night in intensive care and under sedationas reported by the club and medical center.
“Fiorentina and the Careggi University Hospital inform that the footballer Edoardo Bove, rescued on the field of play after losing consciousness during the Fiorentina-Inter match, is currently under pharmacological sedation and hospitalized in intensive care”Fiorentina reported in a statement.
“Bove arrived at the emergency room hemodynamically stable and the first cardiological and neurological tests performed ruled out acute damage to the central nervous system and the cardiorespiratory system. He will be re-evaluated in the next 24 hours”complete.
A new joint medical bulletin is expected on Monday, after subjecting the footballer to new tests. Serie A, for its part, will announce the date on which the remaining minutes of the suspended match will be played..