Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the field during his team’s Serie A match at home to Inter Milan on Sunday, with the game abandoned shortly afterward.
Bove’s teammates immediately called for medical help and surrounded the 22-year-old while he was being treated before he was swiftly stretchered off to an ambulance near the pitch.
Fiorentina and Inter Milan players react as Fiorentina’s Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove receives medical attention after suddenly collapsing to the ground during the Serie A football match between Fiorentina and Inter Milan at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence on December 1, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
Bove was evacuated on a stretcher after suddenly collapsing. AFP via Getty Images
Members of Fiorentina and Inter Milan reacted to the scary scene on Dec. 1, 2024. AFP via Getty ImagesFiorentina players were distraught on the field and were comforted by staff members as well as Inter players. Several were openly sobbing before both sets of players filed off the field.
Play was down the other end when Bove dropped to the ground in the 16th minute and the Italian league match was immediately halted, before being abandoned. The score at the time of Bove’s collapse was 0-0.
Edoardo Bove in October 2024. APMany at Fiorentina — as well as the fans — remember former captain Davide Astori, who was found dead in his hotel room in March 2018 before a match in Udine.
It is the second incident this year of a player collapsing during a Serie A match. It happened to Roma defender Evan Ndicka during his team’s match at Udinese in April
