FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono has been given a 12-match suspension by the Spanish soccer federation’s disciplinary committee after his problem which resulted within the dying of Tenerife ahead Jesus de Miguel.
Owono, 25, was despatched off after colliding with De Miguel in the course of the closing phases of the second-tier match between their two respective sides on 2 November.
De Miguel died the next day, aged 30.
The disciplinary committee stated it needed to base its choice “on the info expressly recorded within the referee’s report”, which acknowledged the participant “was despatched off for ‘violently putting an opponent within the chest along with his leg, utilizing extreme pressure, whereas the ball was in play’.
“The tragic end result of the incident, ensuing within the dying of Jesus de Miguel Alameda, is public data.”
The committee added the “nature of the conduct described and the accompanying circumstances” implies that “the utmost sanction, a 12-match suspension, is justified”.
Individually, the federation has determined the sport between the 2 sides, which was deserted seven minutes into stoppage time when the incident occurred, won’t be replayed.
“This avoids having to renew play from the exact second at which the tragic incident occurred,” it stated.
The groups had been drawing 2-2 on the time and that end result will now stand, with a federation committee saying that was the “most respectful plan of action, given the extraordinary and tragic circumstances of this case”.
Owono’s membership issued a press release on the goalkeeper’s behalf on 4 November, wherein he stated he was experiencing “probably the most troublesome days” of his life and felt “monumental ache” about De Miguel’s dying.
On Thursday, FC Andorra supervisor Carles Manso stated Equatorial Guinea worldwide Owono is but to resolve whether or not he’ll return to soccer following the incident.
Manso stated Owono is at present spending time along with his household and is “fully free to make any choice” with regard to a possible return, including: “What we’ve to do is assist him in each manner and be near him.
“We are going to give him area in order that he feels fully free to make any choice, whether or not he needs to return, when, or if he doesn’t need to return.
“When he feels it’s applicable and when he feels genuinely able to take a choice like that [he will do so].”