Rafael Louzán, on the delay in sanctioning Owono: "It is not an easy situation, it has never happened"

Just one day before FC Andorra returned to the competition, to face Almería on matchday 14 of the Second Division, and after complaints from Gerard Piqué, the club's owner, about the delay in the resolution of the sanctions to his players after the tragic death of Jesús de Miguel, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced the 12-match suspension for Jesús Owono, the Andorran team's goalkeeper for the strong tackle on the Tenerife forward. A delay that the president of the Federation, Rafael Louzán, spoke about this Saturday.

"It is not an easy situation. It is true, and we must recognize it, that the Communication Committee has taken a while," the Galician leader stated before the media, at the ProLiga congress in the Las Rozas Football City, while recalling that "the Committee is faced for the first time with an event that has never happened before."

In this sense, Louzán has pointed out that "there can be many interpretations here, what the regulations contemplate is a minimum of four and maximum of 12 games in relation to this situation." And he has asserted that "that decision must be respected."

The president of the RFEF has also confirmed that Jesús de Miguel's family will be present this Sunday at the Metropolitano to receive a "tribute" in memory of the footballer before the Nations League match between Spain and England. "We are happy that they are with us and with the authorities who will be there," he concluded.

The words of the head of the Spanish Federation come a day after the Disciplinary Committee decided to sanction Owono with a 12-game suspension for his expulsion against Tenerife after a harsh challenge on Jesús de Miguel, who died the next day, considering the events "a serious infraction."

Furthermore, in its resolution, the body highlights that the referee's description itself "allows us to appreciate the special seriousness of the action, both for the way in which it was carried out, with the leg raised, and for the suddenness of the impact and, especially, for the use of a force that the referee expressly qualifies as excessive, with the ball in dispute."