So when the 31-year-old didn't show in the restaurant of the team hotel in Udine on Sunday morning, his team-mates knew something was wrong. To check everything was OK, the team's masseur went to Astori's room to see him. Tragically, the centre-back had died in the night from what his club have described as a "sudden illness".
The news has left his friends and family, club and country in a state of shock. As Italy went to the polls on election day, the former prime minister, ex-mayor of Florence, Partito Democratico leader and big Fiorentina fan Matteo Renzi tweeted: "It seems impossible to me. I cannot believe it."
Fiorentina's goalkeeper Marco Sportiello was apparently with Astori playing Playstation until 23:30 the night before.
Understandably, Sunday's game at the Dacia Arena against Udinese was called off. "In times like this everything else loses its importance," tweeted Udinese coach Massimo Oddo. "I am shocked by this terrible tragedy."
Source : bbc
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