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R.I.P Piermario Morosini, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
This kind of tragedy is becoming way to often for footballers.
Piermario Morosini (5 July 1986 – 14 April 2012)
On 14 April 2012, while representing Livorno, Morosini suffered a cardiac arrest and fell to the ground in the 31st minute of the Serie B match against Pescara. He unsuccessfully tried to get up before receiving medical attention on the field. A defibrillator was used on Morosini, who was conscious when he was taken on the stretcher. The News agency ANSA reported that a police car was blocking the stadium's exit for the ambulance for nearly a minute, but a heart specialist said that the delay made no difference. After Morosini was taken to the hospital, the match was abandoned with Livorno leading 2–0, and some players reportedly "left the field in tears".
Morosini was rushed to the Santo Spirito hospital, but reports later indicated he was dead before reaching the hospital. Italian media reports were alerted of Morosini's death after an "explosion of shouts and tears" by his team-mates who had gone to the hospital. All of the Italian football league matches for the weekend were suspended.
Morosini died less than a month after Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest (but survived) in an F.A. Cup match, after which awareness of heart risk had been raised in Italian football.
This kind of tragedy is becoming way to often for footballers.
Piermario Morosini (5 July 1986 – 14 April 2012)On 14 April 2012, while representing Livorno, Morosini suffered a cardiac arrest and fell to the ground in the 31st minute of the Serie B match against Pescara. He unsuccessfully tried to get up before receiving medical attention on the field. A defibrillator was used on Morosini, who was conscious when he was taken on the stretcher. The News agency ANSA reported that a police car was blocking the stadium's exit for the ambulance for nearly a minute, but a heart specialist said that the delay made no difference. After Morosini was taken to the hospital, the match was abandoned with Livorno leading 2–0, and some players reportedly "left the field in tears".
Morosini was rushed to the Santo Spirito hospital, but reports later indicated he was dead before reaching the hospital. Italian media reports were alerted of Morosini's death after an "explosion of shouts and tears" by his team-mates who had gone to the hospital. All of the Italian football league matches for the weekend were suspended.
Morosini died less than a month after Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest (but survived) in an F.A. Cup match, after which awareness of heart risk had been raised in Italian football.
