Fiorentina players were distraught on the field and were comforted by staff members as well as Inter players. Several were openly sobbing before the teams left the field.

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the field during his team’s Serie A match at home to Inter Milan on Sunday, with the game abandoned shortly afterward. Bove's teammates immediately called for medical help and both sets of players surrounded the 22-year-old while he was being treated before he was swiftly stretchered off to an ambulance near the pitch and taken to hospital.

Fiorentina’s Serie A clash with second-placed Inter Milan was abandoned after their midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed. Play was halted in the 16th minute at the Stadio Franchi to review a potential VAR check on a disallowed Lautaro Martinez goal for Inter when the 22-year-old Bove,