During the Serie B match between Cosenza and Catanzaro, a very serious incident occurred involving linesman Alessandro Cipressa. The game was suspended for several minutes due to the latter's serious injury.
Around the 26th minute of the first half, the linesman remained on the ground after falling badly. The home team's medical staff immediately intervened to assist Cipressa. Initially, the problem seemed to be only with his left knee, which forced the linesman from the Lecce section to leave the field on a stretcher, amid applause from the stadium. The diagnosis is devastating: rupture of the patellar tendon in both knees, an outcome no one would have wished for.
To continue the game, Mastrodomenico from the Matera section replaced the unfortunate colleague. Cipressa signed his resignation and was accompanied to Lecce by the fourth official Mastrodomenico
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