Fiorentina’s Match At Atalanta Postponed After General Manager Joe Barone Rushed To Hospital

MILAN: Fiorentina’s Serie A match in opposition to Atalanta on Sunday has been postponed after basic supervisor Joe Barone was rushed to hospital just some hours earlier than kickoff.

Barone was reportedly taken to hospital in Milan by helicopter after falling ailing on the staff lodge in close by Bergamo.

Italian media experiences that the scenario is critical amid fears he had a coronary heart assault and that a number of the gamers had been current when Barone fell ailing.

The match was scheduled to kick off at 1700 GMT however Fiorentina requested or not it’s postponed and the Italian league confirmed it could be performed at a later date that’s but to be determined.

The postponement comes much less that two weeks after the six-year anniversary of the demise of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori, who was discovered lifeless in his lodge room after a cardiac arrest earlier than a match at Udinese.

Barone, who turns 58 on Wednesday, was born in Italy however raised within the United States.

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