Cameroon – Remember Marco: 26th June 2003-26th June 2017. Samuel Eto’o remembers Foe 14 years later
Cameroon – Remember Marco: 26th June 2003-26th June 2017. Samuel Eto’o remembers Foe 14 years later
Deceased on June 26th at the Gerland
stadium in Lyon, France, of a heart attack during a match of Cameroon
against Colombia, the memory of “Marco” remains engraved in the memories of Cameroonians, and even more of his former teammates .
On the anniversary of his disappearance, former captain of the indomitable Lions, Samuel Eto’o, made a vibrant tribute to his “big brother“.
“Big brother, it’s 14 years since
you left, we lived exceptional moments. Shared joys and sorrows, through
victories and defeats within the indomitable Lions. This team is so
dear to us. With you, I have had hope and the desire to win.
At the time of the Confederations
Cup in Russia, I realize that there are so many things we could have
done together. But this dream suddenly stopped this sad evening of 26
June 2003 in Lyon. Day when your departure overwhelmed an entire nation,
a whole people, the football planet. Like a wall, death has separated
us dear big brother Marco. Your friendship, your affection and your
professionalism remain forever engraved in the hearts, “he wrote on social networks.
On June 26, 2003 at 7:36 pm, Marc-Vivien Foé
collapsed in the 72nd minute of the Cameroon-Colombia semi-final of the
2003 Confederations Cup on the grounds of the Gerland stadium in Lyon.
Victim of a malaise, inanimate, eyes revulsed, the first to his bedside
are the Colombians Yepes and Patiño after long seconds.
Foé was then clumsily evacuated to the
medical unit of the stadium, where the FIFA doctor announced the
frightful news after 45 minutes of attempts to resuscitate him. Guy Roux,
live, deplored the fact that the match did not stop so that we could
take care of the player whose condition seemed to be serious, as well as
the negligence of the caretakers who made him fall by carrying him out
of the field. An autopsy determined that the death was caused by a heart
attack as a result of congenital malformation (cardiac hypertrophy).
Written By Ashembwom Stephanie, June 26th 2017
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