Tenerife Play First Game Since Death of Striker Jesus De Miguel
Nacho Gil scored and celebrated with De Miguel’s shirt as Tenerife won its first match since the striker’s death, with tributes throughout the game.
- On Sunday, Spanish second division team Tenerife returned to action for the first time since striker Jesus DeMiguel's death, with emotional tributes before and during their match.
- DeMiguel died on Nov 3, one day after colliding with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono during a league match at the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez stadium.
- Tenerife forward Nacho Gil opened the scoring in the 40th minute, holding up DeMiguel's shirt and revealing a message: "Demi , always in our hearts."
- Fans unfurled a banner reading "Jesus De Miguel, 9, eternally blue and white," while a standing ovation and minute of silence preceded the match.
- The squad and staff gathered in Navahermosa three days earlier to lay DeMiguel to rest, after Saturday's game against Granada was postponed for fans to pay respects.
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BEFORE the Nations League match, Spain paid tribute to the late footballer Jesús de Miguel. Players held up his club jerseys and legends laid flowers at the centre of the pitch.
The staff of the Canarian team, together with that of Ceuta, their rival this Sunday, join in a tribute to the footballer who died after a clash with the goalkeeper of Andorra Jesús Owono on November 2 at Heliodoro Rodríguez López
The Spanish national team players honored the memory of the late Jesus De Miguel, a few minutes before the start of the match against England for the Nations League. On Sunday night (15/11), Spain welcomed England, as part of the sixth and final matchday of the Nations League. A few minutes before the kick-off of the great game, moving scenes unfolded at the "Wanda Metropolitano". Before the kick-off, a minute's silence was observed in memory of…
The Spanish National Team has paid tribute to the late Jesús de Miguel in his match in front of England in the Metropolitan. Spanish players jumped on the grass with the shirts of the clubs in which he played the spoiled striker throughout his football career. Spain posed in the official photo before the match holding ... Continue reading "Spain pays an emotional tribute to Jesús de Miguel and the victims of the Urda accident"
Many tributes were paid to Jesus De Miguel this Sunday, November 15 at the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez Stadium in Tenerife on the occasion of the meeting of Spanish D2 between his club, the CD Tenerife, and the AD...
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