Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove
vowed to return to action soon in a long message posted on
Instagram on Monday two weeks after he collapsed during a Serie
A match against Inter.
"The unpleasant episode that occurred during Fiorentina-Inter
showed me, even more than I thought, that football is much more
than a match, a championship, or a career," said the
22-year-old, who was discharged from Florence's Careggi hospital
on Friday.
"Football is a community of people, linked by the same passion,
who share moments of joy, emotion, anger, disappointment and
suffering".
He thanked everyone for the affection received after the
collapse, saying it made it impossible to feel lonely.
"I'm fine and that's the most important thing," he said.
"See you soon...On the field."
While in hospital Bove underwent a series of tests, the results
of which doctors will use to try to establish what caused the
health scare.
On Tuesday he had a removable subcutaneous defibrillator
implanted.
The defibrillator will have to be removed if he is to return to
action in Italy as Italian regulations, unlike those of
countries such as Britain, Spain and Germany, do not allow
players to have them.
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