The harrowing incident including Edoardo Bove left fans, players, and staff shaken. Thus, one question loomed large: why didn’t the ambulance enter the pitch to provide immediate assistance? Italian Serie A was gripped by fear when Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed during the league match against Inter.

Edoardo Bove’s cardiac arrest in Fiorentina-Inter scared the entire football world and beyond. The midfielder, a product of the Giallorossi youth sector, continues to be in intensive care at

Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, who collapsed during a soccer match against Inter Milan and was placed in an induced coma, was awakened and is alert at a Florence hospital, the Italian Serie A franchise announced Monday.