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Spanish footballer Jesús de Miguel suffers cardiac arrest after collision in second-division match

Footballer Jesús de Miguel suffered a cardiac arrest after colliding with Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono in a Spanish second-division match, Marca and AS report. He was treated in an ambulance at the stadium before being taken to hospital. De Miguel is 30.

“His condition is stable but serious,” the Tenerife club wrote on X.

The violent collision occurred in stoppage time in Monday’s match, when Owono went too hard into a challenge for the ball and hit de Miguel in the chest.

Players from both teams were shocked by the incident, and the referee decided to stop the match with the score at 2-2. Away goalkeeper Owono was immediately shown a red card for the offence.

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