Today’s edition of Tuttosport focuses on the death of Mattia Giani, the Castelfiorentino footballer.
It is a transversal pain for the death of Mattia Giani, the 26-year-old player of Castelfiorentino United, who in the Eccellenza championship match on Sunday afternoon played in Campi Bisenzio against Lanciotto Campi felt ill in the 14th minute of the first half after having kicked and having placed one hand on his chest and one on his head, on the twelfth anniversary of Pierpaolo Morosini’s death and on the day of the great scare of what happened to Evan Ndicka, the Roma player in the match in Udine.
Collapsed to the ground, Mattia Giani was immediately rescued, the desperate rush of the ambulance took him to the Careggi hospital in Florence at the end of his life. All this under the eyes of the parents, present at the stadium to follow their son’s match. Mattia died in the early hours of yesterday morning. He was remembered with a minute’s silence before the Serie A and Serie C matches played in the following hours. Empoli, where the boy had moved to the youth sector, issued a statement in which president Corsi and sporting director Accardi expressed their condolences. There was a thought from Savona and Grosseto, clubs in which Mattia Giani had played.
Legnago, a Serie C team that will take part in the upcoming playoffs, has rallied around its brother Elia, a 23-year-old striker, who plays for the Verona team (7 goals and 9 assists) on loan from Pisa. Mattia Giani lived right in the Pisan area: in Ponte a Egola, a hamlet of San Miniato. The mayor of Castelfiorentino Alessio Falorni expressed his message of closeness and condolences to the family and the football club, also the president of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani, who shares the surname with the unfortunate amateur footballer, expressed his participation in the mourning.
Senator of Italia Viva Daniela Sbrollini, vice president of the Senate Health Commission and head of sport for her party, will be the spokesperson for some questions: «In Italy we are at the forefront from the point of view of controls, however tragedies like this still happen and it is not possible to accept them. To what limits are players pushed in training? How do medical visits take place? Is there a socio-health-sports assistance path? Questions that I will submit to Minister Abodi.”
President Gabriele Gravina: «I express my deepest condolences and that
of the Federation. The entire Italian football movement rallies around those who loved him. We are faced with a tragedy that has shaken everyone. In recent years, much has been done to protect the health of members and such dramatic events remind us that prevention must always be a priority.”
