The Court of Appeal of Florence today confirmed the professor’s one-year prison sentence Giorgio Galanti, first imposed on April 2, 2021, for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Davide Astori defender and captain of Fiorentina who died on March 4, 2018 in Udine at the age of 31. That day the player was in the concentration hotel a few hours before the Serie A match against Udinese.
brave, former director of sports medicine at the Careggi hospital in Florence and then medical consultant for Fiorentina, was accused of not diagnosing story a heart condition that could be fatal, which it eventually was.
Pronounced appropriate to controls
Galanti He knew the player’s medical history from periodic tests carried out in the months before his death and issued two certificates of “fitness” to compete in Serie A.
story He died from arrhythmogenic ventricular cardiomyopathy, a pathology that was not diagnosed.
According to the indictment, Galanti did not perform more thorough tests that could detect cardiac arrhythmia, which can cause death story
Your partner’s reaction
The player’s partner is now present in the Palace of Justice. “Now I feel a little better,” he said. Francesca Fioretti. “No one can bring Davide back, but I am very grateful to everyone for the love they showed Davide and all of us.”
story He trained in Milan but made his Serie A debut with Cagliari in 2008. In 2014 he moved to Roma and in 2015 to Fiorentina. He played 14 games for the Italian national team and scored a goal in the match for third place in the Confederations Cup won by the “azzurri” against Uruguay in 2013.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
