The harrowing incident including Edoardo Bove left fans, players, and staff shaken. Thus, one question loomed large: why didn’t the ambulance enter the pitch to provide immediate assistance?

Fiorentina's Edoardo Bove, who collapsed during a soccer match against Inter Milan and was placed in an induced coma, was awakened and is alert at a Florence hospital, the Italian Serie A franchise announced Monday.

On Sunday, December 1 the match between Fiorentina and Inter was interrupted and the abandoned in the 17th minute when Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch. The 22-year-old was stretchered off the pitch and placed into an ambulance in the corner before leaving the Stadio Artemio Franchi and being transported to Careggi hospital in Florence.