Liverpool Virgil Van Dijk (C) and Andrew Robertson (D) players carry floral offerings on the funeral of the Portuguese soccer player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, in Gondomar, Portugal, this Saturday. Jota and his brother died in a traffic accident in Spain on July 3, 2025.
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Family, friends, fans and personalities of the world of football dismissed this Saturday at a funeral in Gondomar, near Porto, to the Portuguese striker of Liverpool Diogo Jotadeceased Thursday at age 28 in a traffic accident with his brother André.
The ceremony, officiated by the Bishop of Porto in the main church of Gondomar, where the two deceased grewhe brought together several players from the Portugal team, including Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Danilo Pereira y João Félixin addition to the coach, the Spanish Roberto Martínez.
The captain of Liverpool, the Dutch Virgil van Dijknext to the Scotsman Andrew Robertsonbrought flower crowns in the form of a Liverpool T -shirt with the number 20, Jota dorsal with the Reds.
On the eve, Van Dijk went with several of his teammates and the coach Arne Slot to the burning chapel in which the family of the Liverpool attacker was gathered.
On Friday, the prime minister and the president of Portugal also attended, Luis Montenegro y Marcelo Rebelo de Sousain addition to football personalities as your agent Jorge Mendesthe president of the FC Porto, André Villas-Boasand the president of the Portuguese Football Federation.
The absence of the Captain of the Seleçao did not go unnoticed Cristiano Ronaldoafter an event that has crossed the world of football.
Oasis tribute
From Cardiff, in Wales, the emblematic group Oasis dedicated the song “Live Forever” to the player During the concert that marked his return to the stage after 16 years of inactivity.
In Liverpool, near the Anfield stadium, where a book of condolences was placed, dozens of followers of the Reds left Ramos of flowers, heart -shaped balloons and scarves with the inscription “Rest in peace, Diogo Jota.”
Before the tragedy, Liverpool decided to postpone the resumption of training. Scheduled for Friday with a first series of physical tests, the return of the players was delayed until Monday.
Several of the female Eurocup matches and the Club World Cup were preceded by minutes of silence in their tribute.
The emotion was particularly intense before the game between Fluminese and Al Hilal, whose players RUBEN NEVES Y João Cancelo They could not suppress the tears.
After the elimination of the Saudi team, the two players left the United States to attend the funeral on Saturday.
Jota and his younger brother André Silva, also a footballer in the Second Portuguese division, died in a accident occurred on Wednesday night to Thursday on a highway in northwest Spain.
“I always had a smile”
Whom, who married on June 22 with his whole life and mother of his three childrenwas on the way to Santander (northern Spain) when he suffered the accident.
According to the media, his intention was to take a Ferri from there to England Because he had discouraged to take a plane due to a recent operation in a lung.
Diogo Jota and his brother, a Lamborghini Hurricane for rent according to the Portuguese media, He left the road before burning.
The accident could have been caused by the Revention of a tire at the time the car was taking an overtaking.
In Gondomar, where their parents still live, Diogo José Teixeira da Silva He began his career in football, before popularly knowing as “Jota”, for the pronunciation in Portuguese of the letter 'J'.
“I will remember it as someone very nice, very polite, who loved everyone and I always had a smile”, Told AFP one of his former classmates, Pedro Neves, a 31 -year -old worker, who is near the Gondomar Sport Clube football field, where Jota Diago founded an academy that bears his name.
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