Sunday Independent – Sport Supplement
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini died after suffering a cardiac arrest during yesterday’s Serie B match at Pescara. All this weekend’s games in Italy were called off in memory of the 25 year old.
Morosini, who was on loan from Udinese collapsed in the 31st minute and received treatment on the pitch – including a heart massage in a bid to resuscitate him – before being rushed to Pescara’s Santo Spirito hospital.
The match was abandoned and many players left the field in tears.
“It was a cardiac arrest. Sadly, he was already dead when he arrived in the hospital and he never recovered”, cardiologist Edoardo de Blasio said.
The Legal Serie A said in a statement on their website: “The football world mourns the tragedy that occurred this afternoon … the player Piermario Morosin slumped to the ground suffering from a heart attack. Transported to the hospital, the young midfielder was put into an induced coma, but died at around 1700.”