Tenerife honour teammate Jesus De Miguel with tearful tribute

T​housands of mourners gathered at Tenerife's stadium on Saturday ​to bid farewell to striker Jesus de Miguel, with captain Enric Gallego struggling through tears to honour a teammate who died ​aged 30 ‌after suffering a cardiac arrest following ⁠a collision during a match. Read moreSpanish footballer Jesus de Miguel dies after on-pitch collision with goalkeeper De Miguel collided with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono on ‌Monday and was taken to intensive care. Spanish second-division ⁠club Tenerife confirmed his death on Tuesday morning. A huge banner bearing his black-and-white photograph and the words "Forever ​Demi" hung behind a stage in the ‌centre of the pitch at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez. After a video featuring footage of his Tenerife debut, supporters chanted: "De Miguel, ‌we love you". Players sat alongside representatives from every club in Spain's top two ​divisions, including Real Madrid director Emilio Butragueno, as tears flowed in the stands. "To speak of you in the past tense ​is tremendously unfair," Gallego said, pausing repeatedly during his ​speech. "It's still hard to believe that this ​has happened to us, Demi; you'll always be one of us." Demi was...