Mark Vivien Foe Dies
06/26/2003. Mark Vivien Foe has died after tonight's Confederations Cup semi-final between Cameroon and Colombia, Fifa have announced.
Foe, 28, collapsed in the 72nd minutes of the match and it is reported that he suffered a heart attack.
Medical staff tried to resuscitate him for around 45 minutes without success and one of Fifa's doctors confirmed the worst shortly after full time.
"The French doctors tried to reanimate him for 45 minutes. During these 45 minutes, we had unfortunately no reaction from the player," Adam Muller said.
A Fifa spokesman added: "This is a very sad day for football, for FIFA and for the player's family, this is all we can say at the moment."
The Lyon player, who was winning his 62nd cap, spent last season on loan at Manchester City.
Cameroon won the match 1-0.
The following semi-final between France and Turkey, which was being played at Lyon's Stade Gerland, was preceded by a minute silence and the news had visibly effected some of the players and especially France's coach Jacques Santini, who used to coach Foe at Lyon.
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http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=77284.html
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i dont know what to say or think?!!
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06/26/2003. Mark Vivien Foe has died after tonight's Confederations Cup semi-final between Cameroon and Colombia, Fifa have announced.
Foe, 28, collapsed in the 72nd minutes of the match and it is reported that he suffered a heart attack.
Medical staff tried to resuscitate him for around 45 minutes without success and one of Fifa's doctors confirmed the worst shortly after full time.
"The French doctors tried to reanimate him for 45 minutes. During these 45 minutes, we had unfortunately no reaction from the player," Adam Muller said.
A Fifa spokesman added: "This is a very sad day for football, for FIFA and for the player's family, this is all we can say at the moment."
The Lyon player, who was winning his 62nd cap, spent last season on loan at Manchester City.
Cameroon won the match 1-0.
The following semi-final between France and Turkey, which was being played at Lyon's Stade Gerland, was preceded by a minute silence and the news had visibly effected some of the players and especially France's coach Jacques Santini, who used to coach Foe at Lyon.
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http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=77284.html
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i dont know what to say or think?!!
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