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Spanish second-tier match abandoned after player suffers sickening head injury

The Independent·Will Castle·8 days ago
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A Spanish second-tier match between Tenerife and Andorra was abandoned deep into stoppage time after a player sustained a serious head injury.

The contest ticked past the 90th minute with the score at 2-2, with Andorra completing a late comeback from two goals down to level in the closing stages.

But in the seventh of eight minutes added on, Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel suffered a sickening blow to the head from Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono.

Owono charged towards the centre circle to clear a long ball and appeared to knee De Miguel in the head, knocking him out.

Owono was shown a straight red card for his challenge - the third of the match - as Andorra went down to nine men.

As medical staff treated De Miguel, players from both sides watched on in distress, with several of his team-mates in tears.

The decision was then made by the referee to suspend the game, rather than play out the final minute or blow for full-time.

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