With teammate Edoardo Bove watching from his hospital bed, Fiorentina was knocked out of the Italian Cup on penalties by Empoli.

Bove collapsed off the ball in the 17th minute of the Fiorentina-Inter match on Sunday night and was taken to the nearby Careggi hospital where he was admitted to intensive care. The club have since confirmed that the 22-year-old is ‘awake,

Empoli progressed to the Coppa Italia quarter-finals at the expense of Fiorentina after a 2-2 game across the 90 minutes and a 4-3 penalty shootout victory for the visitors in testing circumstances