Bove’s plea to his colleagues at the hospital

Edoardo Bove, jThe Fiorentina player who went into cardiorespiratory arrest on Sunday during the Inter Milan match, asked his teammates this Monday to play in the Italian Cup match against Empoli this Wednesday.

Bove, 22, is awake and lucid at Careggi University Hospital (Florence). Medical authorities were able to revive him on the way to the hospital and he spent the night under pharmacological sedation in the intensive care unit where he was stabilized.

Visiting your colleagues in the hospital

In the absence of new tests to prove the cause of his collapse, the player was extubated this Monday and He received a visit from teammates and a coach. There, in the hospital bed, he asked them to play this Wednesday against Empoli in the round of 16 match of the Coppa Italia.

‘Fiore’, who was due to train this afternoon, confirmed the match would go ahead after rumors surfaced that it could not be played.

“Fiorentina informs that, because of the reassuring news that came during the day and after the video call Edoardo wants to make to all his colleaguesthe coach and the coaching staff meeting at Viola Park, the team decided to immediately return to the playing field and prepare for the match against Empoli on Wednesday,” the club said in an official statement.

“President Commisso He is in constant contact with the club’s management and Edoardo’s family. “The player’s father has reassured him about his state of health while waiting to speak to him directly in the next few hours,” the club added.

“Likes to laugh and joke”

The midfielder gave more details Alessandro Ferrari outside the hospital, where he spoke to the press after visiting Bove.

“We are happier and calmer than yesterday. We saw Bove this morning, we talked to him, he is bright, alert, in his desire to laugh and joke. Obviously, the situation has to stay under control, it is something. that will still happen in the next few days, but the boy is fine,” said the Italian player.

“He talked to the team, he convinced them to play on Wednesday, so we will go out on the field with the desire to get back to the routine immediately, also thanks to the enthusiasm that Edoardo sent us,” added Ferrari.

‘Fiore’ will train normally this Monday and on Wednesday they will play against Empoli in the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia, a match to be played at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence where they suffered the collapse.