Goalkeeper Owono gets 12-match ban for foul that killed de Miguel

Spain's football federation's Disciplinary Commission handed FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono a 12-match suspension — the maximum possible penalty — for a brutal foul on Jesús de Miguel during a La Liga 2 match between CD Tenerife in early November. De Miguel collided with Owono, who raised his knee and struck him in the chest; the 30-year-old died in hospital that same night. Police opened an investigation, but Spanish criminal law does not provide for a charge of involuntary manslaughter in such circumstances. Owono, reportedly shaken by the incident, does not intend to end his career.

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