Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is awake and talking after spending the night in intensive care, following a scary on-pitch collapse during the Serie A match between Fiorentina and Inter on Sunday

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove was taken off the pitch in an ambulance after collapsing shortly after the start of their Serie A match against Inter Milan on Sunday.

"The match will not resume and is postponed to a date to be determined. When the game was interrupted, Bove collapsed to the ground and the situation immediately appeared very serious. An ambulance took the player away, news is awaited," Serie A's official website posted .