Marcel Desailly pays tribute to Marc Vivien Foe

Ghana-born France legend Marcel Desailly has paid glowing tribute to Cameroon star midfielder Marc Vivien Foe who died 14 years ago.

Considered one of the continent's finest midfielders, Marco, as the player who wore jersey number 17 was fondly called, collapsed on the field during a Confederations Cup semi-final match between Cameroon and Colombia on June 26, 2003 and later died in France while defending his national team colours, leaving the global football community in shock.

A first autopsy failed to establish the cause of the 28-year-old's death, but a second found he had been suffering from a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

The Indomitable Lions were playing in the Confederations Cup this year for the first time since Foe's shocking demise.

Miss u Marc Vivien Foe !
14 years now u Left us ????! #confed17 #Cameroun pic.twitter.com/2rVqabSYEo

— Marcel Desailly (@marceldesailly) June 26, 2017