Roma’s Daniele De Rossi expresses relief as Evan Ndicka recovers after scare

Roma's Serie A match against Udinese was halted when Evan Ndicka collapsed on the pitch with chest pain.

Evan Ndicka Doing Well After Heart Scare
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On Sunday, during Roma’s Serie A match against Udinese, play was halted when Ndicka collapsed on the pitch, experiencing chest pain. He was promptly stretchered off and taken to the hospital. Following tests, it was confirmed that he hadn’t suffered a heart attack but had instead incurred “chest trauma with minimal left pneumothorax.”

The 24-year-old was discharged the following Monday to recuperate in Rome. De Rossi provided an update on Ndicka’s condition, expressing relief that the issue wasn’t as severe as initially feared. He stated, “He’s doing well. A collapsed lung is a painful thing but luckily, if we can say that, he’s not suffering from what we feared when he collapsed on the pitch.”

De Rossi also addressed the decision to abandon the game, explaining it was a necessary and unanimous choice, especially given indications from an on-site electrocardiogram that suggested a heart attack.

Roma is set to resume play on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final against Milan, where they hold a 1-0 advantage from the first leg at San Siro. Meanwhile, Ndicka will continue his recovery, with no timetable yet for his return to training with Roma.

Evan Ndicka

Obite Evan N'Dicka

Defender

FranceFrance

Age: 25

192 cm

kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 23 13 Missed
Minutes 1991 86.6 Avg
Goals 0 0.0 Avg
Assist 3 0.1 Avg
Attempt 2 0.1 Avg
Passes 1453 63.290.4% AvgSucc
Yellow 6 0.3 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 8 times for 665 minutes for Europa League.

Evan Ndicka didn’t score any goal for Roma. He procured no assists. He received 5 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 5th in Europa League. In the last match Roma won 1-0 against Milan.

Roma performance and stats

Roma

Manager: Daniele De Rossi
Rank 6th
Win 17
Draw 9
Loss 10
Goals 63-44
Diff 19
Rank 2nd
Win 4
Draw 1
Loss 1
Goals 12-4
Diff 8

Roma is currently 2nd in the Europa League with 13 points.

In the last 10 games, it has won 6 times, drawn twice, and lost twice. In its last match, Roma won 0-1 against Milan.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 12 goals and conceding 4.​

Roma will play the next match in Europa League against Milan on Thursday 18th of April in Roma. The prediction is Milan winning the match.​