Fiorentina player Edoardo Bove in intensive care after collapsing on pitch | Fiorentina

The Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is being handled in intensive care after collapsing on the pitch in the course of the crew’s Serie A match in opposition to Internazionale on Sunday.

In an official assertion, the membership stated: “ACF Fiorentina and the Careggi college hospital have introduced that footballer Edoardo Bove, who was handled on the pitch following a lack of consciousness in the course of the Fiorentina v Inter match, is at present below sedation and is hospitalised in intensive care.”

The assertion added: “The Viola participant arrived on the emergency division in secure haemodynamic circumstances and preliminary cardiological and neurological checks have dominated out acute harm to the central nervous system and the cardiorespiratory system. Bove can be re-evaluated within the subsequent 24 hours.”

Sky Sport Italia had earlier reported that Bove was respiration on his personal and had regained consciousness whereas being transported to the close by Careggi hospital. The 22-year-old had collapsed after seemingly bending right down to take off his boot throughout a break in play for a VAR verify on a disallowed aim.

Medical personnel rushed on to the pitch, with the Fiorentina gamers forming a hoop round Bove, who arrived on the membership on a year-long mortgage from Roma in August. After Bove was taken away in an ambulance, the referee requested the gamers to depart the pitch and return to the dressing room with the match suspended.

The Inter chairman, Giuseppe Marotta, acknowledged that suspending the match was a simple resolution. “Soccer is a group, so naturally when these conditions occur, all of the gamers and the referee labored collectively to assist and it was a spontaneous resolution to desert the sport,” he instructed Sky Sport Italia.

Fiorentina’s membership president, Rocco Commisso, is “in fixed contact with Florence from america to assist Edoardo and his household”, in accordance with the membership. Commisso himself stated: “Forza Edoardo, we’re with you. You’re a robust boy with a terrific character. We’re reaching out to the boy’s household throughout these moments.”

In a later assertion, the membership added: “Fiorentina and the Commisso household thank Viola followers, the golf equipment, followers and the world of soccer and sport for the assist proven in direction of Edoardo Bove and his family members.”

A spokesperson for Serie A has confirmed the match can be replayed at a later date. Roma, who’re as a result of play Atalanta on Monday night, wrote on X: “One in all us, we’re all with you. Forza Edo!”