Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is “awake and alert” and has spoken to his coach and team-mates following his collapse during Sunday’s abandoned Serie A match against Inter. Bove, 22, was taken to hospital after losing consciousness,

The Fiorentina midfielder is awake, conscious, and responding well after his on-field collapse. He remains hospitalized but is showing excellent progress.

On Sunday, December 1 the match between Fiorentina and Inter was interrupted and the abandoned in the 17th minute when Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch. The 22-year-old was stretchered off the pitch and placed into an ambulance in the corner before leaving the Stadio Artemio Franchi and being transported to Careggi hospital in Florence.