The story with a happy ending of the young midfielder who suffered a dramatic illness on the pitch in December 2024. Bove returned to play football in England.
440 days have passed since the night of illness and fear. Over a year waiting for the moment to return. Edoardo Bove is a football player again, no longer with Fiorentina and never again in Italian football, but it matters little for a boy who first risked dying and then feared having to stop forever. Bove returned to the pitch wearing a Watford shirt in the final minutes of the away match against Preston North End.
A very strong emotion for him and for everyone. The level is that of the Championship, the English second division. It will take time to climb back up the steps and return to excellence but today what matters is that the former Roma and Fiorentina midfielder was able to savor the flavor of the pitch again.
He did it thanks to the implantation of a subcutaneous defibrillator, the only way to have a peaceful life. Not enough to obtain sporting eligibility in Italy, where the rules are very strict, enough for England as already happened to the Danish Eriksen, protagonist of the dramatic illness in the opening match of the 2021 European Championships in Copenhagen.
