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Haymaker
14-04-2012, 05:35 PM
Died of a heart attack on the pitch today in Italy. RIP.

Baldy Foghorn
14-04-2012, 05:37 PM
Died of a heart attack on the pitch today in Italy. RIP.

Shocking......

Just shows that even the fittest of bodies can still malfunction....

Hibernia&Alba
14-04-2012, 06:37 PM
Just caught a snippet on radio. Anyone know what happened? Only 25.

hibee_girl
14-04-2012, 06:42 PM
He suffered a cardiac arrest in the 1st half of the game - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17714715

Pretty Boy
14-04-2012, 06:58 PM
Really sad.

Thoughts go to his family.

King Paddy
14-04-2012, 07:35 PM
Died of a heart attack on the pitch today in Italy. RIP.

Seems to be a recurrent theme of young players having heart problems on the football pitch.
I think it's about time fifa introduced more tests either during training or before or after
matches to try and find why this health problem seems so prevalent in the modern game.
My own theory could be the pace and workrate that is expected of players today is
puting to much strain on the heart muscle which could lead to heart failure and
possibly death such as the young Italian who died today.

Speedway
14-04-2012, 09:00 PM
Really shocking.

He fell down then got up and fell down again and stayed down the second time as players were desperately trying to alert the ref.

Really really tragic stuff.

YehButNoBut
15-04-2012, 07:52 AM
Very sad, I wondered why the AC Milan game was off last night, all Italian games are off today.

http://www.examiner.com/football-in-national/italian-soccer-player-dies-during-serie-b-game

Hibernia&Alba
15-04-2012, 09:47 AM
Is it right that the player had already lost both his parents and a brother? He was only 25. What a tragic family.