Edoardo Bove, who is the player who fell unconscious to the ground during Fiorentina-Inter: what we know and what happened on the pitch

Once again an illness on the pitch, a player collapsing, his teammates and everyone on the bench getting desperate and calling for help. It happened atArtemio Franchi of Florence during Fiorentina-Inter: in the 17th minute the game was stopped due to a VAR check of a goal disallowed by Lautaro, at this moment Viola midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed to the ground, unconscious. The match was first suspended and then postponed.

What happened on the field

Among the first to notice what was happening was Inter coach Simone Inzaghi, but also Inter fans Calhanoglu and Dumfries who were just a few steps away. The immediate arrival of teammates and opponents who called for help and an ambulance. The player, born in 2002, was taken to Careggi hospital where he regained consciousness. With him the viola sporting director Daniele Pradé and the general director Alessandro Ferrari. In the ambulance he would have started breathing again on his own. Fiorentina coach Palladino, Bove’s father, uncle and girlfriend also arrived at the hospital. All the players stood around Bove to preserve the doctors’ intervention.

Who is Edoardo Bove

Romano, born to an Italian-German mother, is 22 years old. Since he was 10 he has trained in Trigoria in Roma’s youth team, also scouted by Bruno Conti. He attended the scientific high school for sports and enrolled in the degree course in economics and management at Luiss. In 2020 he made his first team debut as a midfielder. With Mourinho as coach he played 40 matches scoring three goals: two in Serie A and one in the Europa League. He has been playing in Florence this year, but his idol, he has declared in the past, was Daniele De Rossi.

In addition to Italian he speaks English and German. He is a great friend of his Flavio Cobolli, one of the Italian tennis champions, who played football with Bove. The Fiorentina footballer went to see him play at Wimbledon. Cobolli wrote in Instagram stories: Come on my friend.

The precedents

The memory immediately went to the 2021 European Championships when C’s heart stoppedChristian Eriksenin the 43rd minute of Denmark-Finland. The Danish player was hospitalized and saved. The memory also went to the death of Davide Astorithe Fiorentina player found lifeless on the morning of March 4, 2018 in his hotel room in Udine, where he was with the team. He was suffering from an undiagnosed heart condition.