The Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove was taken off the pitch in an ambulance after collapsing shortly after the start of their Serie A match against Internazionale.
Sky Sport Italia reported that Bove was transported to the Careggi hospital near the Stadio Franchi in Florence, was breathing on his own and had regained consciousness.
Play was halted at the stadium to review a potential VAR check on a disallowed Lautaro Martínez goal when the 22-year-old, seemingly bending down to take off his boot, suddenly collapsed, causing a stoppage in play.
Medical personnel rushed on to the pitch, with the Fiorentina players forming a ring around Bove, who arrived at the club on loan from Roma in August.
After Bove was taken away in an ambulance, the referee asked the players to leave the pitch and return to the dressing room with the match suspended. A Serie A spokesperson said later that the match would be postponed to a later date.
Inter chairman Giuseppe Marotta stated that postponing the match was an easy decision. “Football is a community, so naturally when these situations happen, all the players and the referee worked together to help and it was a spontaneous decision to abandon the game,” he told Sky Sport Italia.