Goalkeeper involved in Jesus de Miguel death not selected for international duty

Owono, whose collision with De Miguel proved fatal, has been omitted from Equatorial Guinea's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier squad.

Jesus Owono, the Andorra goalkeeper involved in the fatal collision with Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel on Monday, has been left out of Equatorial Guinea's squad for upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Zimbabwe on 12 November and 16 November.

Owono collided with De Miguel in stoppage time of the Spanish second-tier match and was sent off. De Miguel was taken to intensive care and died the following morning. In a statement released Wednesday, Owono expressed his "enormous pain" at the loss, saying he is living through "the most difficult days of my life" and struggling to process what happened.

The Equatorial Guinea Football Federation offered its support to Owono, with federation president Venancio Ndong expressing "full solidarity and support" during this difficult moment and acknowledging the "devastating" nature of the incident. Owono has been Equatorial Guinea's first-choice goalkeeper since his teenage years and featured in their last three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.