ROME, April 21 (Reuters) – Another Serie B player
collapsed during a match on Saturday, only a week after
Piermario Morosini suffered a cardiac arrest and died while in
action for Livorno against Pescara.
Nocerina defender Marco Pomante fell to the ground with no
one around him two minutes into the second half of his side’s
4-0 defeat by Reggina, sparking fears that Italian football
might have been struck with another tragedy so soon.
However, after being examined at Nocera Inferiore’s San
Francesco Hospital, he was later discharged.
Doctors said whiplash had caused Pomante to collapse.
“When he fell we were worried, but then we realised that it
wasn’t anything serious,” Nocerina press officer Giuseppe
Sicignano told ANSA.
(Reporting by Terry Daley; Editing by Mark Meadows)
