Tragic and Shocking Loss! (4 Viewers)
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++ [ originally posted by Kaliman ] ++
Really?
3 hours??
I've always hated those wankers. :groan:
Really?
3 hours?? I've always hated those wankers. :groan:
And it's such a cruel end to die in the Confederations cup. I mean, this is the same cup that Germany decided not to participate in, this is the same cup that Brazil sent a second rate team to and this is the same cup that most countries don't even bother broadcasting. This cup, so ridiculous, invented by FIFA when the schedule of most players was already too full and then they don't even bother writing a decent message on his death. Oh the cruel irony...
++ [ originally posted by Kaliman ] ++
Maybe it's about time for a new football federation. I see nothing but ****-ups from Blatter and his silly monkeys.
I don't think that there will be another Confederations Cup after this nightmare. Too bad they had to learn it the hard way. :down:
Maybe it's about time for a new football federation. I see nothing but ****-ups from Blatter and his silly monkeys.
I don't think that there will be another Confederations Cup after this nightmare. Too bad they had to learn it the hard way. :down:
I also just don't understand why UEFA doesn't push FIFA around more - I mean, FIFA is nothing without Europe so why not give 'em a good shout every once in a while?!
Cameroon in state of shock
Cheers of celebration turned to screams of disbelief in Cameroon on Thursday as news of midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe's death followed the team's victory in the Confederations Cup semi-final. Several people collapsed and had to be taken to hospital in the capital.
Thousands hurried home from bars where they had been watching the game as the streets emptied quickly.
State television said President Paul Biya had sent a message of condolence to the family of Foe, who collapsed 18 minutes from the end of the African champions' 1-0 semi-final victory over Colombia.
"For a moment we were so happy, but then there was crying in the streets, crying in the districts and crying in the towns. Everywhere there was crying," said civil servant Martha Chinda. "We are all in mourning."
It was not clear what had happened to Foe but a FIFA spokesman announced later that his heart stopped after the 28-year-old was taken from the pitch. Medical staff tried for 45 minutes to restart his heart, without success.
For most fans, Foe's death made Sunday's final against France an irrelevance.
"This is just too much of a sacrifice," said Meh Zang, owner of an Internet cafe.
Marc-Vivien Foe(1975-2003) :down:
Cheers of celebration turned to screams of disbelief in Cameroon on Thursday as news of midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe's death followed the team's victory in the Confederations Cup semi-final. Several people collapsed and had to be taken to hospital in the capital.
Thousands hurried home from bars where they had been watching the game as the streets emptied quickly.
State television said President Paul Biya had sent a message of condolence to the family of Foe, who collapsed 18 minutes from the end of the African champions' 1-0 semi-final victory over Colombia.
"For a moment we were so happy, but then there was crying in the streets, crying in the districts and crying in the towns. Everywhere there was crying," said civil servant Martha Chinda. "We are all in mourning."
It was not clear what had happened to Foe but a FIFA spokesman announced later that his heart stopped after the 28-year-old was taken from the pitch. Medical staff tried for 45 minutes to restart his heart, without success.
For most fans, Foe's death made Sunday's final against France an irrelevance.
"This is just too much of a sacrifice," said Meh Zang, owner of an Internet cafe.
Marc-Vivien Foe(1975-2003) :down:
Show must go on - Blatter
Sunday's Confederations Cup final should go ahead, despite the death of Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. Foe, 28, collapsed towards the end of his team's 1-0 semi-final victory over Colombia in Lyon. Doctors were helpless after his heart stopped beating.
"As for the rest of the competition, we will have to think about what to do," Blatter told French television. "My opinion is that, in a competition like the Confederations Cup, the football should continue. We are sad, but the game continues.
"It's not the show, but the football that must go on."
Blatter, speaking at halftime during France's 3-2 semi-final win over Turkey at the Stade de France, said: "I haven't spoken to Cameroon's senior officials yet, but I think Cameroon will be there on the pitch for Sunday's final."
Recalling Foe's collapse, Blatter said: "In my 28 years at FIFA, this is the first time that such a tragedy has happened. I am very moved.
"I was watching the match on television. I saw the player collapse and, very quickly, I had a bad feeling because he was no longer moving and his eyes were rolled back."
Sunday's Confederations Cup final should go ahead, despite the death of Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. Foe, 28, collapsed towards the end of his team's 1-0 semi-final victory over Colombia in Lyon. Doctors were helpless after his heart stopped beating.
"As for the rest of the competition, we will have to think about what to do," Blatter told French television. "My opinion is that, in a competition like the Confederations Cup, the football should continue. We are sad, but the game continues.
"It's not the show, but the football that must go on."
Blatter, speaking at halftime during France's 3-2 semi-final win over Turkey at the Stade de France, said: "I haven't spoken to Cameroon's senior officials yet, but I think Cameroon will be there on the pitch for Sunday's final."
Recalling Foe's collapse, Blatter said: "In my 28 years at FIFA, this is the first time that such a tragedy has happened. I am very moved.
"I was watching the match on television. I saw the player collapse and, very quickly, I had a bad feeling because he was no longer moving and his eyes were rolled back."
Foé death shocks football
Thierry Henry dedicated his first goal in France's 3-2 win over Turkey to Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foé, 28,who died suddenly during his team's 1-0 win over Colombia in the other semi-final of the Confederations Cup. Tributes have been flowing in for the Manchester City midfielder.
"There are no words to describe it. We learned about it when we arrived, actually when the players were warming up," said an emotional Santini, who coached Foé at Lyon. Some like former Lyon team-mate Grégory Coupet openly wept during the moment of silence before the Turkey match.
Santini asked the Cameroonian's former team-mates Coupet and Sidney Govou if they wanted to sit out the Turkey match, but in the end both decided to play.
Foe had spent the season on loan to Manchester City and the Premiership club were hoping to sign him from Lyon.
He had previously played for West Ham United, after moving there in a £4m deal in 1999.
FIFA chief Sept Blatter insists Sunday's final between France and Cameroon should go ahead, but his opinion goes against those of players obtained by Eurosport.
Sidney Govou (France & Lyon striker)
"I don't know if Cameroon will play the final on Sunday, but it is going to be hard, they don't have a mind for playing football right now, neither do we.
"So we will have to take the best decision for everyone and especially in the memory of Foe. I don't know if we should play this final on Sunday, if it were up to me I wouldn't but it isn't up to me who decides."
Mikael Silvestre (France & Manchester United defender)
"We learnt about it just before the start of the match, when we were to come onto the field before the anthems. There wasn't a sound in the dressing rooms and everyone was shattered.
"Most of the players shed a few tears and we needed a lot of courage to go out onto the field and win that match."
Robert Pires (France & Arsenal midfielder)
"We were stunned, knowing him a little. It was heartbreaking. At one point we even asked ourselves should we play. It was what we decided to do. What is good on that all three goals we spared a thought for him. It was our way of paying a final tribute to him.
"He was a guy who was very friendly, very nice, very fair on the field. It hurts to hear this.
"The way it happened it proves it can happen to anyone and at any age.
"We wanted to pay him a final tribute and we will do that on Sunday with the Cameroon team. Our hearts go out to them.
"If I was a Cameroon player, personally I wouldn't play on Sunday, because it is important for him, it is dramatic. [If it was up to me], no, I wouldn't play."
Dr Jean-Marcel Ferret, French national team doctor (formerly at Lyon)
"We learnt about it during the warm-up that he had been taken off and very quickly rumours that he had died began to circulate. We were shattered, shocked, [me] especially as a doctor. To lose someone who's in full possession of his means at his age, a top level athlete is always difficult to understand and to accept.
"He was a player I knew well at Lyon. It is a loss for us."
"None of the regular medical checks showed anything special. It appears from the very first analysis that it may have had nothing to do with football, like a ruptured aneurysm. For something like that sports has nothing to do with it. It is something that could have happened to him climbing stairs, but we will have to wait for further studies, the autopsy to know a little more."
Olivier Kapo (France & Auxerre midfielder)
"I played against him two years ago, when he was at Lyon and we saw the pictures and it killed me. I wish much courage to his Cameroon colleagues and to his family. And I hope that FIFA will be able to support his family."
Vulcan Arslan (Turkey & Galatasaray forward)
"We are naturally in shock for the player. We mourn the person."
OTHER REACTIONS:
Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth coach, formerly at West Ham):
"I had been speaking with Marc and would have liked to bring him to Portsmouth. I actually faxed an offer to him today [Thursday] and he was going to read it tonight."
"You couldn't have met a nicer fella, a quieter, more gentle giant than Marc. He was a fantastic boy, as strong as an ox.
"This has come as a shock because you never saw a fella in better physical condition. He looked after himself. It's always sad when you lose people but you could never have met a nicer person than Marc. Everybody loved him.
"You only had to see the reaction of the French players last night as they were lining up for the national anthems. Thierry Henry was crying his eyes out and the goalkeeper was inconsolable. Everybody who came in touch with him will feel the same way.
"He was such a terrific footballer. Sir Alex Ferguson tried to sign him before I took him but he broke his leg the day before he was due to sign for United. Sir Alex kept in touch with him over the last five or six years, as I did, and he will be devastated."
John Wardle (Manchester City chairman):
"Marc made an excellent contribution to our successful return to the Premiership and was very highly regarded by his fellow players. He'll be sadly missed by his team-mates, not just as a player but also as a friend."
Thierry Henry dedicated his first goal in France's 3-2 win over Turkey to Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foé, 28,who died suddenly during his team's 1-0 win over Colombia in the other semi-final of the Confederations Cup. Tributes have been flowing in for the Manchester City midfielder.
"There are no words to describe it. We learned about it when we arrived, actually when the players were warming up," said an emotional Santini, who coached Foé at Lyon. Some like former Lyon team-mate Grégory Coupet openly wept during the moment of silence before the Turkey match.
Santini asked the Cameroonian's former team-mates Coupet and Sidney Govou if they wanted to sit out the Turkey match, but in the end both decided to play.
Foe had spent the season on loan to Manchester City and the Premiership club were hoping to sign him from Lyon.
He had previously played for West Ham United, after moving there in a £4m deal in 1999.
FIFA chief Sept Blatter insists Sunday's final between France and Cameroon should go ahead, but his opinion goes against those of players obtained by Eurosport.
Sidney Govou (France & Lyon striker)
"I don't know if Cameroon will play the final on Sunday, but it is going to be hard, they don't have a mind for playing football right now, neither do we.
"So we will have to take the best decision for everyone and especially in the memory of Foe. I don't know if we should play this final on Sunday, if it were up to me I wouldn't but it isn't up to me who decides."
Mikael Silvestre (France & Manchester United defender)
"We learnt about it just before the start of the match, when we were to come onto the field before the anthems. There wasn't a sound in the dressing rooms and everyone was shattered.
"Most of the players shed a few tears and we needed a lot of courage to go out onto the field and win that match."
Robert Pires (France & Arsenal midfielder)
"We were stunned, knowing him a little. It was heartbreaking. At one point we even asked ourselves should we play. It was what we decided to do. What is good on that all three goals we spared a thought for him. It was our way of paying a final tribute to him.
"He was a guy who was very friendly, very nice, very fair on the field. It hurts to hear this.
"The way it happened it proves it can happen to anyone and at any age.
"We wanted to pay him a final tribute and we will do that on Sunday with the Cameroon team. Our hearts go out to them.
"If I was a Cameroon player, personally I wouldn't play on Sunday, because it is important for him, it is dramatic. [If it was up to me], no, I wouldn't play."
Dr Jean-Marcel Ferret, French national team doctor (formerly at Lyon)
"We learnt about it during the warm-up that he had been taken off and very quickly rumours that he had died began to circulate. We were shattered, shocked, [me] especially as a doctor. To lose someone who's in full possession of his means at his age, a top level athlete is always difficult to understand and to accept.
"He was a player I knew well at Lyon. It is a loss for us."
"None of the regular medical checks showed anything special. It appears from the very first analysis that it may have had nothing to do with football, like a ruptured aneurysm. For something like that sports has nothing to do with it. It is something that could have happened to him climbing stairs, but we will have to wait for further studies, the autopsy to know a little more."
Olivier Kapo (France & Auxerre midfielder)
"I played against him two years ago, when he was at Lyon and we saw the pictures and it killed me. I wish much courage to his Cameroon colleagues and to his family. And I hope that FIFA will be able to support his family."
Vulcan Arslan (Turkey & Galatasaray forward)
"We are naturally in shock for the player. We mourn the person."
OTHER REACTIONS:
Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth coach, formerly at West Ham):
"I had been speaking with Marc and would have liked to bring him to Portsmouth. I actually faxed an offer to him today [Thursday] and he was going to read it tonight."
"You couldn't have met a nicer fella, a quieter, more gentle giant than Marc. He was a fantastic boy, as strong as an ox.
"This has come as a shock because you never saw a fella in better physical condition. He looked after himself. It's always sad when you lose people but you could never have met a nicer person than Marc. Everybody loved him.
"You only had to see the reaction of the French players last night as they were lining up for the national anthems. Thierry Henry was crying his eyes out and the goalkeeper was inconsolable. Everybody who came in touch with him will feel the same way.
"He was such a terrific footballer. Sir Alex Ferguson tried to sign him before I took him but he broke his leg the day before he was due to sign for United. Sir Alex kept in touch with him over the last five or six years, as I did, and he will be devastated."
John Wardle (Manchester City chairman):
"Marc made an excellent contribution to our successful return to the Premiership and was very highly regarded by his fellow players. He'll be sadly missed by his team-mates, not just as a player but also as a friend."
Foe's Half-Time Words Revealed
from soccerage.com
06/27/2003. Marc Vivien Foe's long-time friend Rogobert Song has revealed his half-time words prior to his death in yesterday's Cameroon-Colombia match.
"It's terrible, I have never lived through anything like it," said Song. "Marco wasn't ill, how could it have happened?
"We started as kids together, he and I. He's a neighbour from my district of Yaounde and now he's gone.
"We shared so many things when we arrived in Europe together. For me he was like a brother.
"Yesterday at half-time, his last words were 'Boys, even if it means dying on the pitch, we must win this semi-final'. And he was the victim. It's terrible."
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from soccerage.com
06/27/2003. Marc Vivien Foe's long-time friend Rogobert Song has revealed his half-time words prior to his death in yesterday's Cameroon-Colombia match.
"It's terrible, I have never lived through anything like it," said Song. "Marco wasn't ill, how could it have happened?
"We started as kids together, he and I. He's a neighbour from my district of Yaounde and now he's gone.
"We shared so many things when we arrived in Europe together. For me he was like a brother.
"Yesterday at half-time, his last words were 'Boys, even if it means dying on the pitch, we must win this semi-final'. And he was the victim. It's terrible."
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