Thousands bid farewell to Di Miguel in tears at Tenerife Stadium

Thousands of mourners gathered at Tenerife Stadium on Saturday to bid farewell to striker Jesus de Miguel, while captain Enrique Gallego was overcome with tears as he mourned his colleague who died at the age of 30 after suffering a heart attack after a collision during a match.

Di Miguel collided with Andorran goalkeeper Jesus Auno on Monday, and was transferred to intensive care, before Tenerife, a competitor in the Spanish second division, confirmed his death on Tuesday morning.

A huge banner was hung behind a stand in the middle of the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez stadium bearing a black and white photo of Di Miguel and the phrase “Dimi Forever.”

After showing a video clip that included clips from his first appearance in a Tenerife shirt, the fans chanted: “Di Miguel, we love you.”

The players sat next to representatives of all the first and second division clubs in Spain, including Real Madrid manager Emilio Butragueño, and tears flowed in the stands.

“It is very painful to talk about you in the past tense,” said Gallego, who paused several times during his speech with emotion. It's still hard to believe this happened to us, Demi. "You will always be one of us."

Demi is the name De Miguel's friends used to call him.

“We are still struggling to accept the fact that you will no longer be with us,” Gallego added.

The words of club officials were followed by a religious ceremony during the 90-minute memorial service in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The matches of the various levels of the Spanish League held a minute of silence during the current round. In honor of de Miguel's memory.

Roma achieved a major victory over its guest Sassuolo, 3-0, on Saturday, in the eleventh round of the Italian League.

Spanish defender Mario Hermoso opened the scoring for Roma in the 27th minute, then Polish defender Sebastian Valokiwicz added the second goal, accidentally against his team Sassuolo, in the 30th minute.

Portuguese Rodrigo Moura scored a third goal in the 58th minute, completing the great victory for the home team.

With this victory, Roma raised its score to 27 points, in second place behind its neighbor and rival, Lazio, who leads with 28 points, and which plays an upcoming summit against Napoli on Sunday at the latter’s stadium.

As for Sassuolo, it continues its faltering start, as it occupies seventeenth place and has 8 points on goal difference from Parma, sixteenth.

Real Madrid achieved a convincing victory over its host Valencia 3-0, on Saturday, in the 12th round of the Spanish League.

Real Madrid raised its score to 30 points in second place, equal in score with leaders Barcelona, ​​which will face Atletico Madrid, who is in third place with 28 points, on Sunday in the top matches of the round.

On the other hand, Valencia's balance froze at nine points in nineteenth place (penultimate), four points behind Malaga, which is in last place.

Real Madrid took the lead in the 28th minute through Federico Valverde, then his teammate Arda Guler added the second goal in the 36th minute.

In the 75th minute, Real Madrid added the third goal through Kylian Embappé.

The match witnessed Valencia's Jose Luis Gaya being sent off in the 79th minute, leaving his team to complete the match with ten players.