Worrying......

[Byron]

Yes, cardiac fatalities in football (soccer) players are more common than often realised and already several in Italy and Spain this year.

The one in UK mentioned by Torchwatch is Fabrice Muamba from Bolton Wanderers FC who collapsed at a game in London last month.
He has become something of a miracle as he was technically dead for 78 minutes and after 15 defibrillator shocks were administered on the pitch.
A cardiologist assisted (who was luckily a spectator of the match in the stand at the time) and he has since recovered in a specialist hospital.
He remains under close observation for neurological damage but the actual
cause is still a mystery to his doctors.