Football: Spanish player dies on after cardiac arrest on the pitch
What happened
Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel, 30, died at 8am on Tuesday, a day after a collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono in a Spanish second-division match.
The clash came in added time at 2-2, when Owono rushed out of his goal and crashed into De Miguel inside the centre circle.
Owono was sent off and the referee abandoned the game; medics restored a pulse in the ambulance, but De Miguel never regained consciousness.
Tenerife said his condition had worsened neurologically in the early hours of Tuesday, hours before his death.
Spanish police have opened a case into possible involuntary manslaughter, which judicial authorities in the Canary Islands described as routine after any death not from natural causes.
“I am so deeply sorry, to my soul. Rest in peace, Jesús.”
Guardian
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