Jesús Owono ‘deeply affected’ by De Miguel’s death, teammate says

FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono is “deeply affected” by the death of Tenerife player Jesús de Miguel following their collision, teammate Lautaro Spatz has said, according to The Guardian Sport. The Andorra centre-back defended Owono as the club offered psychological support to anyone there who needed it.

The collision took place on Monday, and De Miguel died the following day, the report said. The supplied account establishes that sequence but does not provide medical findings or a detailed description of the incident, leaving the precise circumstances of the death unexplained in the available material.

Spatz defended his teammate’s character, saying: “He would never intentionally hurt anyone.” His comments offered a teammate’s account of Owono’s intentions and distress after the tragedy; they were not presented in the supplied report as a medical explanation or an official assessment of the collision.

Owono deactivated his Instagram account on Tuesday after receiving online abuse, according to the report. Some users had posted comments calling him a “murderer,” an accusation the available material does not substantiate. The abuse added a public dimension to the aftermath as players were responding to news of De Miguel’s death.

Andorra said psychological support was being offered to anyone at the club who needed it. The statement described assistance available across the club, rather than solely to Owono, although the supplied account did not identify who had sought that support or provide details of how it would be delivered.

The reaction also extended beyond the two clubs involved. The Guardian Sport reported that Barcelona’s Raphinha found it “difficult” to play after the tragedy, indicating that news of De Miguel’s death had affected another player. The excerpt did not include further detail about his remarks or the circumstances in which he made them.

The accounts of Owono’s distress and Raphinha’s difficulty playing place the emotional impact on footballers at the centre of the immediate response. At the same time, the limited information available calls for a distinction between the reported events, Spatz’s defence of his teammate and the unsupported accusations directed at the goalkeeper online.

For Andorra, the response described so far centres on making psychological help available after De Miguel’s death. The supplied report sets out no further timetable for statements or other action. Any fuller account of the collision and its consequences would require information beyond the brief material provided, rather than conclusions drawn from social media comments.