Tragedy in football: a 26-year-old Italian footballer died of heart failure in the middle of the match

Mattia Gianiplayer of Castelfiorentino Kingdom 1925team from the fifth category of Italian football, died this Monday at the age of 26 after suffering a cardiac arrest this Sunday, in the match against Lanciotto Campi.

“Mattia did not survive. In these moments words fail. A terrible tragedy. Heartbreaking pain. We can only give a big hug to his family and his club”Alessio Falorni, mayor of Castelfiorentino, a municipality located about 50 kilometers from Florence, reported this on Facebook.

The player collapsed at the Stadio Comunale Ballerini in the 14th minute of the duel and had to be resuscitated with cardiac massage on the pitch before using the ball. defibrillator. He was taken to hospital in a critical situation, unconscious.

Giani survived the night with complications and died this Monday morning at the Careggi hospital (Northern Florence) where he was hospitalized.

Ndicka’s health

The Ivorian Evan NdickaA Roma defender, who collapsed this Sunday after feeling chest pain and requiring medical attention during the suspended duel against Udinese, spent the night without complications and his life is not in danger, local media reported on Monday .

Although at no time was it necessary to resuscitate the player, and for greater safety, Ndicka spent the night under observation at the Santa María de la Misericordia hospital in Udine (north), where this Monday he will undergo new tests to evaluate his conditions and organize your move to Rome.

The medical bulletins will not arrive from the hospital and Roma will manage all communications regarding the central defender’s state of health.

Roma has already reassured the world of football late this Sunday with a photo in which he consciously posed, accompanied by a statement underlining his “good mood”.

His coach, Daniele De Rossi; your captain, Lorenzo Pellegrini; and the club’s CEO, the Greek Lina Soulokouthey were able to enter the room this Sunday to exchange a few words with him.

The rest of the teammates, hospitalized with the technical staff, with the reassuring news in this regard, have started returning to Rome once the situation has stabilized.

Udinese and Roma will have to play, on a date to be defined, the remaining almost 20 minutes of play, with the result 1-1, after the goals of the Argentine Roberto Pereyra and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, scorer of the 300th goal of his career.

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