He said the player, who was not identified, had to be taken to the emergency room on Tuesday night and remains in hospital. "Everyone must understand that it's the survival of French soccer that's at stake," Maracineanu said. "Whether he is my ex-team-mate or not, even if it was someone I didn't know, I wouldn't like people to talk about them like that. But I don't like it because when I played with him I got on very well with him. To see him in this position now doesn't sit well with me. batting for the first time since taking an indefinite break from the game at the end of July.