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Owono gets 12-game ban for challenge on De Miguel

Owono gets 12-game ban for challenge on De Miguel

Jesus Owono is given a 12-match suspension by the Spanish football federation's disciplinary committee after his challenge which resulted in the death of Jesus de Miguel.

FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono has been given a 12-match suspension by the Spanish football federation's disciplinary committee after his challenge which resulted in the death of Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel.

Owono, 25, was sent off after colliding with De Miguel during the closing stages of the second-tier match between their two respective sides on 2 November.

The disciplinary committee said it had to base its decision "on the facts expressly recorded in the referee's report", which stated the player "was sent off for 'violently striking an opponent in the chest with his leg, using excessive force, while the ball was in play'.

"The tragic outcome of the incident, resulting in the death of Jesus de Miguel Alameda, is public knowledge."

The committee added the "nature of the conduct described and the accompanying circumstances" means that "the maximum sanction, a 12-match suspension, is justified".

Separately, the federation has decided the game between the two sides, which was abandoned seven minutes into stoppage time when the incident occurred, will not be replayed.

"This avoids having to resume play from the precise moment at which the tragic incident occurred," it said.

The teams were drawing 2-2 at the time and that result will now stand, with a federation committee saying that was the "most respectful course of action, given the extraordinary…

In brief

FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono has been given a 12-match suspension by the Spanish football federation's disciplinary committee after his challenge which resulted in the death of Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel. Owono, 25, was sent off after colliding with De Miguel during the closing stages of the second-tier match between their two respective sides on 2 November. "The tragic outcome of the incident, resulting in the death of Jesus de Miguel Alameda, is public knowledge.

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