The final farewell to Jesús de Miguel at the Tenerife stadium: "You will always be one of us"

At the Santa Cruz de Tenerife stadium, the island said its final farewell to Jesús de Miguel, the striker of the local team who died on Tuesday following a violent clash with Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono. During the ceremony, team captain Enric Gallego spoke in tears: "Demi, you will always be one of us. We all find it hard to believe that you are no longer here among us. That we will no longer see you enter the locker room, participate in training or prepare for a match, nor hear your voice."

"Talking about you in the past tense is profoundly unfair. You were sensitive, discreet, spontaneous, close to others. Your spirit of camaraderie, your humility, your goodness and above all your joy of living are things that we will remember for a lifetime", promised Gallego. Rayco Garcia, the club's majority shareholder, has announced that he will support the footballer's daughter until she turns 18 to ensure that she "never lacks for anything". An online fundraiser, launched by a former teammate of De Miguel, has already raised over 120,000 euros to support his family.

In all the matches of the first and second divisions for men and women in Spain, the matches were suspended in the ninth minute to pay homage to the attacker. On the screens of the Mestalla stadium, where Valencia-Real Madrid was played, a video was broadcast that retraced the striker's career between the second and third divisions, amidst the applause of the fans and players of both teams, who took to the pitch wearing t-shirts with the words "De Miguel, 9, always in our hearts".