Overview
- Banda collapsed near the touchline during Napoli–Lecce after pain on his right side from a challenge, and Napoli won 2–1.
- He spent the night at Naples’ Cardarelli hospital, where tests were reported as negative, and was discharged on Sunday.
- The Lecce team doctor, Giuseppe Congedo, stayed with him in Naples and traveled back with him to Lecce.
- Shortly after returning, Banda became a father as his daughter, Rumi Ezlyn, was born in Lecce.
- Lecce sit fifth from bottom on 27 points, three above the drop, and Banda has three goals and three assists in 23 league appearances this season.