Livorno's Piermario Morosini Suffered A Heart Attack And Died On Saturday

[Conqueror]

Livorno's Piermario Morosini is helped by doctors as he lies on the pitch during their Serie B soccer match against Pescara at the Adriatico stadium in Pescara April 14, 2012. Morosini has died after collapsing on the pitch with a cardiac arrest during an Italian second division game at Pescara on Saturday, prompting the soccer federation to postpone this weekend's professional games.


Aye ! Not another one. Running or cardio exercises can be deadly if your heart cannot cope.

 

[niwdee]

Look at his eyes! He must be struggling
poor soul

R.I.P.

 

[DerMannschaft]

Livorno's Piermario Morosini dies after suffering heart attack during Serie B clash against Pescara

Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini has died in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during his team's Serie B match at Pescara this afternoon.

By Telegraph staff and agencies

4:40PM BST 14 Apr 2012

The 25 year-old collapsed in the 31st minute and received treatment on the pitch - reportedly including a heart massage in a bid to resuscitate him - before being rushed to hospital. The match was abandoned and the players left the field in tears.

Lega Serie B then confirmed on their website: "Tragedy on the field. After suffering a cardiac arrest during the match between Pescara and Livorno, Piermario Morosini has died. "The 25-year-old player, who came through the youth ranks with Atalanta, arrived at Livorno from Udinese in January and played nine times for the Amaranto."

All matches in Italy this weekend have been called off in memory of Morosini.

The Lega Serie A said in a statement on their website: "The football world mourns the tragedy that occurred this afternoon in Pescara, where during the game between the hosts and Livorno, the player Piermario Morosini 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.

"The FIGC has suspended, in memory of Piermario, all games scheduled over the weekend."

The ambulance came onto the field in Pescara to take Morosini away, with both sets of players standing by in distress. The tragedy comes four weeks after Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest during his team's FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham. The former England Under-21 international was given extensive treatment on the field before being carried off on a stretcher and rushed to the London Chest Hospital.

It took 78 minutes for Muamba's heart to start working on its own again, but he has made incredible progress since. The Muamba incident invoked memories for many of Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe, who collapsed during a Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia in 2003 and died in hospital.

There have been two similar tragedies with players suffering heart attacks on the pitch in Spain in recent years - Sevilla's Antonio Puerta in 2007 and Espanyol's Dani Jarque in 2009 - while Motherwell's Phil O'Donnell died after suffering a cardiac arrest against Dundee United in 2007. Roberto Baronio, a former team-mate of Morosini at Udinese, expressed his disbelief to Italy's Sky Sport 24 at the death of his friend.

"He was such a very unfortunate person," he said. "A few years ago, he lost his parents and his brother in such a short space of time. I got to know him when I was at Udinese and there are no words to describe such a chilling feeling. It is absurd - he was just 25 years old. "When I was at Udinese, he was just coming through the youth ranks and he made his debut that year against AC Milan. You could see he was a hot prospect."

Baronio believes that, given the number of tests professional footballers are subjected to, the tragedy could not have been avoided. "I think it is just destiny," he said. "It is not down to the lack of (health) checks because we have so many check-ups and tests nowadays. "It could happen to anybody. What surprises me is that it happens to a professional footballer. Last year, we had the number of tests increased - every two months we have them. How can this happen? Like (Fabrice) Muamba. We cannot understand why. It is destiny which has taken him away."

Baronio also welcomed the decision by the Italian Football Association (FIGC) to postpone all the remaining games scheduled for this weekend. "Piermario has played in many different clubs and I think there are lots of his former team-mates who are in mourning," he said. "I played in Udine with him and I think there is no chance people can play tomorrow serenely. It would not be right to play and would have seriously affected many players."

Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo was understandably shocked and saddened by the news, and said his club's players would have been in no fit state of mind to contest tonight's scheduled Serie A game against Inter Milan. Speaking at a press conference in Udine, he said: "It is one of the saddest days in my career in football. I cannot remember a tragedy like this in my 26 years in the game.

"He was at Udine from 2005, so he was here for six years. "I remember him as he was a very serious lad, very professional, and he played often away on loan but he was always back here punctually for pre-season. "This year, we kept him here until January and then we had a large squad so we loaned him out to Livorno. "This news has hit us hard. The team, when they heard the news, they refused to play today - they said they could not play.

"Ten minutes later, we got the announcement from the FIGC to call off all games. Credit goes to the association for taking this decision so quickly - otherwise we would have taken that decision [not to play], accepting the consequences. There was no way we could have played today after this." Bergamo-born midfielder Morosini started his career in the youth ranks at his hometown club Atalanta before moving to Udinese in 2005.

A loan spell with Bologna followed before a 2007 switch to Vicenza, where he stayed until returning to Udine two years later. He had further loan stints with Reggina, Padova, Vicenza and finally Livorno.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

after that black player suffered something similar and now this guy.

 

[KoalaJack]

will many clubs wear RIP Tshirts during their games ?

 

[Leongsam]

Never heard of him.

 

[Conqueror]

Heart Startup Key

What the hell is that stretcher for ? What you need is this mah. A portable defibrillator on the pitch on every side, just in case, if you have a grave situation like this. Wah der fish ! Nowadays, gyms are armed with these. But, the question is : who knows how to use it ?

 

[Leongsam]

Re: Heart Startup Key

What the hell is that stretcher for ? What you need is this mah. A portable defibrillator on the pitch on every side, just in case, if you have a grave situation like this. Wah der fish ! Nowadays, gyms are armed with these. But, the question is : who knows how to use it ?

The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Published on Apr 15, 2012


Italian player dies after mid-game cardiac arrest


MILAN (AP) - Former Italy Under-21 midfielder Piermario Morosini died on Saturday after suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the pitch during his team Livorno's Serie B match at Pescara. He was 25.

Edoardo De Blasio, a cardiologist at Pescara's Santo Spirito hospital, confirmed Morosini's death, saying 'unfortunately he was already dead when he arrived at hospital. He didn't regain consciousness.'

Morosini, who was on loan from Serie A side Udinese, fell to the ground in the 31st minute of the match and tried unsuccessfully to get up several times before receiving urgent medical attention on the pitch.

A defibrillator was used on the player, who also had his heart massaged, before an ambulance arrived on the pitch to take him to hospital where doctors tried to revive him for around an hour and a half.

 

[Conqueror]

No Regret

A defibrillator was used on the player, who also had his heart massaged, before an ambulance arrived on the pitch to take him to hospital where doctors tried to revive him for around an hour and a half.

If they did it properly with the help of such a device, then they should not feel guilty about his death at least. This means that all players are subjected to such a risk - too bad.

 

[DerMannschaft]

Games in Italian third and fourth tiers will no longer be played without defibrillators present, says Lega Pro chief

The man at the helm of Italy's minor competition has said that he wants proper medical equipment to be readily accessible in the wake of the Piermario Morosini tragedy on Saturday

Apr 16, 2012 2:39:00 PM

By Alex Mott

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Lega Pro director general Francesco Ghirelli says that the coming weekend's games will not go ahead if defibrillators are not present at every stadium in the competition.

Ghirelli hopes to tackle the issue of cardiac-related health issues head on after the tragic death of Livorno's Piermario Morosini on Saturday, and wishes to ensure that all fixtures played at the 90 venues in the third and fourth tiers are well stocked with medical supplies.

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"By Thursday, we want all of the club's presidents to have put out a written statement, saying that they will have defibrillators at the side of the pitch," Ghirelli told Calciomercato.com.

"If not, we should not play this weekend. We want better organisation, medical training and intervention.

"This should never happen again."

Ghirelli's announcement comes on the back of calls for defibrillators to be more widely available across all leagues in Italy following Morosini's death after suffering a cardiac arrest on Saturday during Livorno's Serie B clash with Pescara.

The Amaranto have said they will will retire the number 25 shirt in his honour, a step which the midfielder's former club Vicenza similarly announced on Sunday.

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Fundraising for Morosini's sister suspended

The Stadio Friuli outfit have decided to call off the initiative to raise funds after the Atalanta chief promised that the sister of the deceased midfielder will be looked after

Apr 17, 2012 6:30:00 PM

By Luis Mira

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Udinese have announced that they will no longer be accepting donations for the severely disabled sister of Piermario Morosini.

The Serie A club had set up the fund on Monday with the hopes of raising enough money to provide support to Maria Carla Morosini, who is in a nursing home in the province of Bergamo.

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However, the initiative has been suspended after Atalanta president Antonio Percassi personally pledged to look after Maria Carla for the rest of her life.

All those who have already donated will be contacted by Udinese to find out whether they want to be reimbursed or send their money to Maria Carla anyway.

They will also be invited to watch the rescheduled Serie A match between Udinese and Inter at the Stadio Friuli on Wednesday, April 25.

Morosini died after suffering a suspected heart attack in the Serie B match between Livorno and Pescara on Saturday.

A minute's silence in honour of the midfielder will be held in every match that takes place until the end of the week in Italy.