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Footballer Edoardo Bove 'awake' and 'alert' after collapsing on pitch

The Italian midfielder was taken to hospital after falling to the ground during their league game against Inter Milan at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence on Sunday.

Monday 2 December 2024 16:46, UK

Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, injured, is transported to a waiting ambulance during the Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Inter at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Sunday Dec. 1, 2024. The match was suspended and finally postponed as the injures appeared to be serious. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Image: Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove was stretchered off. Pic: AP
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Footballer Edoardo Bove is "currently awake, alert and oriented" in hospital after collapsing during a match in Italy on Sunday, his club has said.

Fiorentina said on X on Monday that Bove had a "quiet" night, before being woken up and extubated. "He is currently awake, alert, and oriented," it added.

The Serie A club also said: "He has spoken with his family, club management, the coach and his teammates, who all rushed to go and see him as soon as they heard the good news.

"Further tests will be carried out in the coming days to establish what led to the critical situation that took place yesterday."

An ambulance enters the field as Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, injured, is surrounded by desperate players during the Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Inter at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Sunday Dec. 1, 2024. The match was suspended and finally postponed as the injures appeared to be serious. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Image: Players on both sides surrounded Bove after he collapsed. Pic: AP
An ambulance enters the field as Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, injured, is surrounded by players during the Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Inter at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Sunday Dec. 1, 2024. The match was suspended and finally postponed as the injures appeared to be serious. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Image: An ambulance is seen on the pitch. Pic: AP

The midfielder, 22, was taken to hospital after falling to the ground in their Serie A home game against Inter Milan at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence.

The Italian regained consciousness in the ambulance before being put into a medically induced coma.

Various reports in Italy said Bove's night "went well" and the Fiorentina player was taken off artificial ventilation and was awake and lucid, before the club's confirmation.

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Corriere dello Sport quoted Fiorentina's David De Gea, the former Manchester United goalkeeper, who said "Bove is better" after visiting him with team-mate Lucas Beltran.

The Florence club said in a statement on Sunday their player was under "pharmacological sedation" in the intensive care ward of the city's Careggi University Hospital.

First tests showed no acute damage to either his central nervous system or cardio-respiratory system, the club said, adding that he'll "be re-evaluated in the next 24 hours".

Footage of the incident, in the 16th minute of the game, showed no other players were close to him at the time, with play paused following a VAR check.

Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, right, celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Roma at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (LaPresse via AP)
Image: Edoardo Bove, right, celebrates scoring. Pic: AP

Apparently bending down to tie his laces, Bove suddenly dropped to the ground.

Both squads and coaching staff immediately surrounded him, in scenes reminiscent of the cardiac arrest suffered by Christian Eriksen at the European Championships in 2021 and other similar incidents.

Bove's distressed team-mates immediately called for medical help and he was quickly stretchered off.

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Fiorentina players were comforted on the field by staff members as well as Inter players, but some were openly sobbing before the teams left the field after the match was abandoned.

Bove's parents and his girlfriend have been at the hospital with him, along with Fiorentina coach Raffaele Palladino and most of his team-mates, as well as club directors and the city's mayor.

The score at the time of Bove's collapse was 0-0.

In 2018, former Fiorentina captain Davide Astori was found dead in his hotel room before a match in Udine.

It is the second incident this year of a player collapsing during a Serie A match after Roma defender Evan Ndicka collapsed at Udinese.

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The Ivory Coast international suffered a collapsed lung and had no sign of cardiac issues and has returned to the team this season.

Bove began his career at Roma's youth academy and joined Fiorentina on loan in the summer with the option to make the move permanent.

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