The goalkeeper concerned within the collision that killed Spanish footballer Jesus de Miguel has been hit with a 12-match ban – however might by no means return to the sport.
FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono has been hit with the sanction after a horrifying foul with Tenerife’s De Miguel earlier this month.
Owono was despatched off and the match was deserted with De Miguel, 30, admitted to intensive care, the place he later died.
The goalkeeper was subjected to chants of ‘assassin’ by Tenerife supporters and retreated from public view amid the numerous backlash.
Now his supervisor Carles Manso has stated: ‘We’ll give him house in order that he feels fully free to make any choice, whether or not he desires to return, when, or if he doesn’t wish to return.
‘When he feels it’s applicable and when he feels genuinely able to take a choice like that [he will do so].
‘What we’ve to do is help him in each means and be near him.’
Earlier this month, Owono issued a press release describing his ‘huge ache’ following the tragic on-field collision.
Owono stated: ‘These are being essentially the most troublesome days of my life. I’m struggling to search out the phrases and discover it very troublesome to assimilate something that has occurred.
‘I really feel an infinite ache for the lack of Jesús. I consider him, his household, and everybody who cherished him. I do know there will likely be many points to deal with; I’ll face no matter comes with the utmost respect.
‘However proper now, actually, I can not consider anything besides Jesús and the ache we’re experiencing. Relaxation in peace, Jesus.’
The tragedy occurred as the sport entered the seventh minute of stoppage time, when De Miguel appeared set to race away on the counter-attack for Tenerife searching for a winner.
As he watched a protracted ball drop into his path, the striker was struck within the chest by Owono’s flying knee as he tried to clear the ball close to the midway line.
After initially rolling round on the ground, De Miguel turned immobile, and medical employees rushed onto the pitch to take care of him.
Owono was initially given a crimson card for the problem earlier than the choice was quickly taken by the referee to desert the fixture.
De Miguel was seen to for over 5 minutes whereas his team-mates had been visibly distressed, with some showing to be in tears.
The stadium had been in full silence whereas De Miguel was being handled, however as he was taken off the pitch the striker was given a standing ovation by the group.
He had turn out to be a father simply final 12 months, and based on El Espanol, his spouse and child daughter had been watching within the stands because the deadly incident occurred.
After being taken to an ambulance on a stretcher, there’s believed to have been an approximate 15-minute wait earlier than they made their option to the hospital.
De Miguel is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest whereas being transported to hospital and needed to be revived contained in the ambulance, based on Spanish media outlet Marca.
Spanish newspaper AS reported that De Miguel’s team-mates had travelled to hospital after he had been taken to intensive care.
In a press release, CD Tenerife confirmed the striker’s loss of life, saying: ‘Damaged with ache, with a lump in our throat and unable to consider that that is true, from CD Tenerife we talk the tragic loss of life, this Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 8:00 a.m., of Jesus de Miguel Alameda.’
‘There aren’t any phrases of consolation; There may be completely nothing to mitigate this sense stuffed with unhappiness.
‘We’re together with his devastated household, together with his family members, with all of the folks of Tenerife who at this time mourn this merciless end result.
‘The household of Jesus de Miguel is grateful for each one of many expressions of help acquired, and likewise requests, from the underside of its coronary heart, most respect for his privateness, in these horrible moments.’
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