Confederations Cup organizers will stage a pre-match ceremony before the final to commemorate the death on the field of Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe. Foe collapsed and died in the 2003 semifinals against Colombia and, after his death, was found to have a heart condition. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Monday that the tragic event had since led to safety measures concerning international matches which now either have doctors on the bench or staff capable of using defibrillators. “What is important is that since this (Foe) case, football has learned about the problem of cardiological disease,” Blatter said. “It's impossible to control the millions and millions of football players. “But in FIFA's competitions, not only at the highest level, we are.”
