Marc-Vivien Foes' Death

[Dublinguy]

To all football fans,

I would like to pay my respects to the late Marc-Vivien Foe who tragically died last night during Cameroons Confederations Cup semi-final match against Columbia. Marc mysteriously collapsed during the match and medics performed cardiac resuscitation for 45 minutes without success. Details of his death are unclear at present.

For any soccer fan that knew Marc will know what a fantastic footballer he was and sadly during his career never got the recognition he deserved. He will be greatly missed by all the footballing community that knew him.

My heart felt condolences go out to all his friends and family and especially his 3 children.

Marc may You Never Walk Alone. May the lord have mercy on his soul and may he rest in peace. Amen.

Ciaran

Liverpool FC Fan

"When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone"

[Jimster]

Yeah I watched that Awful indeed poor bugger was a damn good player as well



RIP

[crayzayjay]

V sad.. read it in the papers this morning...


14:40 27Jun2003 RTRS-Soccer-Foe told team mates 'It's do or die' at halftime

LYON, France, June 27 (Reuters) - "Boys, even if it means dying on the pitch, we must win this semi-final," Marc-Vivien Foe told his Cameroon team mates at halftime of Thursday's Confederations Cup match against Colombia.
Thirty minutes later the midfielder collapsed without warning in the centre circle. He died soon afterwards.
Cameroon captain Rigobert Song told reporters on Friday he still could not believe what had happened to his great friend "Marco".
"It's terrible, I have never lived through anything like it. Marco wasn't ill, how could it have happened?" a sobbing Song said.
"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 halftime, 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."
Song said Cameroon, who won the semi-final 1-0, would try to win Sunday's final against France in Paris, but it would be difficult.
"We will pull ourselves together, we will try to win in memory of Marco," he said. "Seeing the reaction of the French players I think it's better to play because together we will make it a celebration of football.
"The final should be a celebration for Marco, our friend who has left us.
"After that we will take his body back to Cameroon and there the players will bury him."
((Reporting by Robert Woodward, editing by Ed Osmond; Reuters
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