Independent news website Meduza reported on Thursday that Pyotr Verzilov's doctors told his relatives that he either overdosed on medicine or was given too much medicine.
France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final to repeat as champions after the 1998 World Cup amid a pitch invasion by Russian protest group Pussy Riot.
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