Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world

The shot satellite is paying tribute to Jesus de Miguel, arsenic it mourns the nonaccomplishment of the Tenerife forward, who died connected Tuesday pursuing an on-field collision during a Spanish 2nd part match.

The 30-year-old was challenged by Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono, whose genu appeared to onslaught de Miguel successful the chest. Medical unit tended to him on-field earlier helium was sent to a hospital, wherever helium suffered a cardiac apprehension successful the ambulance.

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“There are nary words of comfort. There is perfectly thing to mitigate this feeling afloat of sadness,” Tenerife said successful a connection arsenic they confirmed his decease connected Tuesday morning.

The nine announced six days of authoritative mourning during which each nine enactment would beryllium suspended. Its players, unit and officials volition be de Miguel’s funeral, which volition instrumentality spot successful the colony of Navahermosa, Toledo, successful cardinal Spain.

Tenerife volition clasp a tribute for de Miguel astatine its location ground, Heliodoro Stadium, connected Saturday astatine 6 p.m. section time.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) postponed each home matches connected Tuesday arsenic a motion of respect and aboriginal extended the suspension until Friday, November 6.

European football’s governing body, UEFA, announced that a minute’s soundlessness would beryllium observed astatine each Champions League matches this week.

“We person searched for words and recovered lone silence. In that silence, our hearts and thoughts are with his family, his teammates, everyone astatine CD Tenerife, and each those who mourn this tragic loss,” UEFA said successful a statement.

The tributes began with Barcelona and Aston Villa connected Tuesday night, wherever victims of past week’s bid mishap successful Toledo that killed 69 radical were besides remembered.

The Champions League anthem was besides not played arsenic a people of respect.

“Wherever [de Miguel] is, I anticipation helium finds his way,” Barcelona guardant Raphinha told the media aft his side’s 3-0 win. “I privation to nonstop his household spot … and today, not speech astir football.”

“After I saw the news, I didn’t consciousness good. In the end, helium was a chap shot player. This could person happened to immoderate of us. It could person happened to me,” helium added.

“It’s precise hard to spell retired and play a crippled successful these circumstances. He was a subordinate who was the aforesaid property arsenic me. Maybe that’s wherefore it affected maine truthful much.”

Ahead of the lucifer betwixt Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich, a surface showed a representation of de Miguel, smiling with his arms outstretched arsenic helium ran connected the pitch.

Social media was flooded with condolences from shot clubs and fans crossed the satellite arsenic they honoured de Miguel. Several shot giants presently playing for Spanish clubs paid tribute too, including Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Ferran Torres and Pedri, alongside veterans specified arsenic Paul Pogba.

Hundreds of fans laid flowers, lit candles and pinned up photographs of de Miguel extracurricular gross 9 of Estadio Heliodoro, wherever the collision happened during his last match.

Fans wage tribute successful representation of CD Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel [Borja Suarez/Reuters]

‘I ne'er intended to wounded anyone’

Andorra goalkeeper Owono released a connection connected Tuesday nighttime saying helium was devastated by Monday’s incidental that would enactment with him “for the remainder of my life”.

“I privation everyone to cognize that I ne'er intended to wounded anyone. It was a unspeakable accident, thing I privation with each my bosom I could instrumentality back,” he said successful a station connected societal media.

“No words tin explicit the pain, guilt and heartbreak I consciousness close now.”

Local constabulary person opened an probe into the incident, though it is improbable that Owono volition look transgression proceedings, contempt calls from immoderate shot fans for involuntary manslaughter charges to beryllium brought for his relation successful the collision.

Following the incident, Owono did not crook backmost to look astatine de Miguel but instantly began walking towards the touchline, anticipating the reddish paper which Manuel Angel Perez Hernandez swiftly brandished.

Videos posted online showed Tenerife fans successful the stands chanting “assassin” astatine Owono arsenic de Miguel was transported connected a stretcher to an ambulance.

The incidental was a achy reminder for erstwhile French defender Patrick Battiston, who faced a akin situation from a West German goalkeeper during the 1982 World Cup semifinal.

He was knocked unconscious successful the collision and had to beryllium administered oxygen connected the transportation earlier slipping into a coma.

Unlike this week’s incident, goalkeeper Harald Schumacher showed nary remorse, nor was helium sent off, and the lucifer resumed arsenic normal. He aboriginal apologised successful idiosyncratic to Battiston, who went connected to marque a afloat betterment and resumed playing.

“It truly shocked and moved me,” Battiston told French outlet L’Equipe erstwhile asked astir the incident.

“Especially to spot his teammates and opponents instrumentality their heads successful their hands. What happened is terrible.”