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LONDON. — World soccer players’ union FIFPro raised concerns about the level of first-aid treatment for footballers in Romania following the death of Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng on Friday.

The 26-year-old collapsed on the field after suffering a suspected heart attack shortly after coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute during a league match against Viitorul Constanta and was pronounced dead two hours after the incident. “While it is too early to draw conclusions from this tragic accident, as police continue to investigate the circumstances, it is clear that some Romanian clubs have a history of skimping on medical facilities,” FIFPro said in a statement. In 2012, FIFPro’s Romanian member AFAN asked the domestic federation to make it compulsory for clubs to have fully-equipped ambulances at all official and friendly matches. — Reuters.