FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono said he was enduring the hardest days of his life after he was involved in the collision that led to the death of Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel, according to The Guardian.
Owono raced out of his goal and crashed into De Miguel in added time at the end of Monday afternoon's Spanish second division match, causing the striker to experience a cardiorespiratory arrest. De Miguel was taken to a hospital in Santa Cruz de Tenerife but never regained consciousness and died on Tuesday morning.
In a statement published by Andorra, Owono said he found it hard to find the words and very difficult to assimilate what had happened, and that he felt a huge pain at the loss of Jesús. He said he was thinking about De Miguel, his family and all the people who loved him, and that he would face whatever questions came with respect but could think of nothing other than Jesús and the pain.
Andorra said the club remained deeply affected by De Miguel's death and demanded the greatest respect and sensibility. The homicide division of the Spanish national police opened an investigation, which is standard procedure in Spain whenever there is a death not by natural causes. Santa Cruz de Tenerife's chief prosecutor, José Luis Sánchez-Jáuregui, told the Spanish news agency EFE that criminal proceedings against the goalkeeper were very unlikely.