Serie A title race loses significance after Fiorentina player collapses on field

AP Sports Writer

MILAN (AP) — The Italian league title race didn’t seem so important this weekend after a player collapsed on the field during a Serie A match. League leader Napoli had won 1-0 at Torino and was waiting on the outcome of the match between close rivals Fiorentina and Inter Milan. Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove fell to the ground in the 16th minute of the match and it was abandoned shortly afterward with the scoreline 0-0. The 22-year-old Italian was swiftly stretchered off to an ambulance and taken to hospital where he is in a medically induced coma. Fiorentina said initial tests have “ruled out acute damage to the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system.” Bove will be re-evaluated in the next 24 hours.