Cataldi promises hospitalized teammate Bove a goal and delivers as Fiorentina wins 8th straight
A promise is a promise
By ANDREW DAMPF
Published - Dec 08, 2024, 04:53 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 05:03 PM EST
ROME (AP) — Danilo Cataldi texted hospitalized Fiorentina teammate Edoardo Bove to say that he would score for him Sunday and then fulfilled his promise in a 1-0 win over Cagliari on Sunday.
It was Fiorentina’s first Serie A match since Bove collapsed on the field during a game against Inter Milan last weekend and was placed in a medically induced coma.
The 22-year-old has been awake and alert since last Monday as doctors continue to investigate the cause of his collapse.
Cataldi found the top corner midway through the first half and that was all Fiorentina needed for its eighth straight win in the Italian league to match the club record set in 1960.
