Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove was taken off the pitch in an ambulance after collapsing shortly after the start of their Serie A match against Inter Milan on Sunday.
Play was halted at the Stadio Franchi in Florence to review a potential VAR check on a disallowed Lautaro Martínez goal when the 22-year-old, seemingly bending down to take off his boot, suddenly collapsed, causing a stoppage in play.
Medical personnel rushed onto the pitch, with the Fiorentina players forming a ring around Bove, who arrived at the club on loan from AS Roma in August.
Bove was taken away in an ambulance, after which the referee asked the players to leave the pitch and return to the dressing room with the match suspended tied at 0-0.
Sky Sport Italia reported that Bove was transported to the Careggi Hospital in Florence and that he was breathing on his own, though he had not yet regained consciousness.
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.
Information from Reuters and The Associated Press was used in this story.
