Are we sure he’s dead? Perhaps he pulled off the ultimate soccer flop. I say we send out a trainer with a can of the magic spray, give him the ole once-over, and let him continue with the match.
I remember during mid-70s when Pele and Franz Beckenbauer both played for NY Cosmos after they retired. Pele still knocking in headers at his "then" old age of 37. He was certainly a great player, perhaps the greatest.