Antonio Di Tonno collapsed after the end of the Vicenza-Fiorentina match on 6 January 1965, in which he made everything and more wrong. A long series of mistakes in his past
And at the end of the match the referee fainted. He fell like a dead body falls, with a resounding thud, falling to the floor without strength at the entrance to the changing rooms, from step to step, like a puppet whose supporting strings have suddenly been untied. Help arrived. A linesman who was alongside him tried to resuscitate him, but nothing. In the chaos that had been created, it was the doctor at Lanerossi Vicenza, Dr. Malaman, who immediately developed an action plan. The intervention of the oxygen machine became necessary, which usually in those years – placed next to the fire extinguisher to be used in case of fire – was part of the furnishings of the changing rooms of Serie A clubs.