An Irish club apologizes for falsely reporting the death of a player

Ballybrack FC said Fernando Nuno La Fuente was killed in a road accident. The clash between the Leinster Senior League (LSL) and Arklow Town on Saturday had been suspended.

But it later became apparent that the Spanish player was in fact still alive and returned to his country.

"It was brought to the attention of the club, senior players and the management team that a gross mistake of judgment had been made as a result of correspondence sent by a member of the team senior management at the Leinster Senior League, "said a correspondent. club statement.

"Tonight, an emergency meeting was held and the person in question was relieved of all his duties within Ballybrack FC, his senior team and his roles in the club itself. has contacted Fernando to confirm his location information, his well-being and is grateful to him for accepting our apologies on this matter.

"This serious and unacceptable error was completely false and was committed by a person who experienced serious personal difficulties without the knowledge of all other members of the club.

"The club will continue to oblige all parties and provide the support it may need at that time." Previously, this person had contributed greatly to the club's senior team in recent years and to the community. Dublin football for decades.

"At this point, we can only offer our sincere apologies to the Leinster Senior League, our opponents, Arklow Town FC and the multitude of clubs and footballers who contacted us or sent messages from support in recent days. "

LSL President David Moran told RTE that "alarm bells" had begun to ring for the league when the club claimed that the player's body had been flown home the day after the day. alleged incident.

"It started to collapse at that time," he said.

"We rang and we could not get an answer.

"We checked the hospitals, we checked everywhere, nobody found anything about this young man, obviously some of his teammates posted information on social networks, saying that he had returned to Spain four weeks ago.

"Honestly, we do not know why they did it.It seems a bit extreme to do something like that to get a match.All they had to say, is that They were giving a footbridge and that they were going to have their fine and that was the end of it.

"It's very extreme to get a match, we acted in good faith, we watched a minute of silence at the weekend for this young boy, it's absolutely ridiculous."