Benfica death

A Benfica junior player died on Saturday, the second player at the Lisbon side to collapse and die this year, a hospital spokesman said.

Bruno Baiao, 18, collapsed on Tuesday after practice as he received word by telephone that Benfica wanted to sign him on a professional contract.

Baiao, Benfica’s junior captain, collapsed in a cafe about half an hour after practice ended on Tuesday. Benfica’s Hungarian playmaker Miklos Feher collapsed on the pitch during a premiership match against Vitoria Guimaraes in January and died. The cause of death has not been determined.