AC Milan star suffers stroke

Milan striker Antonio Cassano had suffered a mild stroke when the team plane returning after playing a match in Rome this weekend, according to Italian media versions. Cassano has been hospitalized since Saturday night at the Polyclinic of Milan after feeling unwell after the 3-2 win against Roma. He was taken to hospital just the aircraft carrying the club landed at Malpensa airport. The Milan gave no details about the condition of Cassano, but the agency ANSA reported on Monday that it was a mild stroke, but did not cite sources.

The team later said "no comment on diagnosis and rumors that come from sources outside the club or the Polyclinic." Milan vice president Adriano Galliani expressed confidence that Cassano will recover fully after being hospitalized. "I just talked to Antonio" , Galliani said on Monday. "It's going to be fine. It's better. It is in good spirits and is calm." "These things happen. In life these things happen and the players are human beings like the rest of us and suffer like all problems," said the leader.

According to Italian media releases, the passengers on the plane reported that Cassano was joking with his teammates when suddenly he began to have difficulties with speech, vision and mobility. Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri believes that Cassano can play after the break for the FIFA international date and face a visit to Fiorentina in Serie A. "We hope to have them back as soon as possible, hopefully after the break for the teams," said Allegri. "I could talk to him yesterday (Sunday) and I noticed calm." "The whole campus was stunned by what happened. This is the second serious health problem that affects a Milan player this season, as have midfielder Gennaro Gattuso paralysis of the nerves in a brain injury that made ​​him lose his left eye.