Jesus de Miguel, Tenerife striker, dies after a clash on the pitch

Tragedy in Spanish football. Jesus de Miguel Alameda, striker for the CD Tenerife team, died this morning after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest following a violent collision on the pitch yesterday in the match against Andorra, played yesterday in the Spanish second division championship.

The Canarian club itself communicated the death in a message on its profile on "There are no words of consolation; there is absolutely nothing that can alleviate this feeling of profound sadness. We are close to his family destroyed by pain, his loved ones and all the Tenerife fans, who today mourn this cruel epilogue", continues the message.

The incident occurred in the 96th minute of the game, during injury time, when the score was 2-2. Andorra's goalkeeper, Jesus Owono, had left his own area to intervene on the ball in flight, colliding with De Miguel, who was hit violently in the chest with his knee.

The attacker collapsed to the ground. The requests for help from his teammates and opponents were immediate. Owono, sent off with a red card, left the pitch while medical personnel intervened to rescue the player. After 5 minutes of assistance on the pitch, De Miguel was carried on a stretcher and transferred by ambulance to hospital.

An initial medical report reported a cardiorespiratory arrest, with the player being admitted to intensive care, whose condition progressively worsened.

Born in Madrid, Jesus de Miguel was 30 years old and had started his career in the youth teams of Lugo Fuenlabrada and Laganes. Since 2015 he had played in the formation of the Madrid club, before wearing the shirt of Internazionale de Madrid, Fuenlabrada and Union Adarve and Navalcarnero.