Photos: Spain mourns Jesús de Miguel, who died after an on-pitch collision

Author: APPublished on: November 5, 2026Country: Spain
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Photos: Spain mourns Jesús de Miguel, who died after an on-pitch collision

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente and Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez attended the funeral on Thursday of 30-year-old Tenerife player Jesús de Miguel in Navahermosa, central Spain. De Miguel suffered cardiac arrest after colliding with Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a second-division match on Monday and died in hospital the following day. The town declared three days of mourning as dozens of people accompanied his flower-covered hearse to the church. Police opened a routine investigation to assess whether the challenge may have amounted to involuntary manslaughter.

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