Soccer-Tenerife match abandoned after player collapses


Nov 2 (Reuters) - Tenerife's ⁠Spanish second-tier match against Andorra was abandoned ⁠on Monday after striker Jesus de Miguel ‌collapsed following a collision with away goalkeeper Jesus Owono, with local media reporting he suffered a cardiac arrest on ​his way to hospital.

The score was ⁠2-2 seven minutes ⁠into stoppage time when Owono charged towards the centre ⁠circle ‌to clear a long ball and appeared to strike De Miguel in the ⁠chest with his knee.

De Miguel lay motionless ​as players ‌from both teams desperately signalled for medical ⁠assistance. Owono ​was shown a straight red card.

Medical staff treated the Tenerife forward on the pitch for more ⁠than five minutes while distressed players ​watched, several of his teammates in tears, before he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

According to ⁠multiple local media reports, De Miguel suffered a cardiac arrest in the ambulance and was resuscitated by emergency personnel en route to Nuestra ​Señora de la Candelaria University ⁠Hospital.

The reports said he was in a stable condition ​but remained unconscious in ‌the hospital's emergency department.

(Reporting by ​Tommy Lund in Gdansk and Fernando Kallas, editing by Ed Osmond and Christian Radnedge)

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