 "Liverpool players attend Diogo Jota's funeral in Portugal")
The football world was left devastated on Thursday when the news broke out that Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota had tragically passed away in a car accident. Since it was off-season, Jota was spending time with his family. The 28-year-old recently got married, but could not experience more of his married life. He was travelling with his brother in Spain when the accident took place, but nobody survived the crash.
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Diogo Jota’s Liverpool and Portuguese teammates pay last respects
The passing of Diogo Jota has shattered fans all over the world, and the social media space is filled with messages of condolence. It is a hard time to endure for his Liverpool and Portugal teammates.
Liverpool players and staff joined the family and friends of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva for their funeral in Gondomar. People lined the streets as mourners arrived from across the globe to bid an emotional goodbye.
The Liverpool head coach Arne Slot, captain Virgil van Dijk, defender Andrew Robertson, midfielder Alexis Mac Allister and former teammates Jordan Henderson and James Milner all attended the funeral in Portugal. Van Dijk and Robertson gave their tributes by carrying red football shirts, one bearing Jota’s No. 20 squad number and Silva’s No. 30 as they led the Liverpool players and officials into the church.
Jota’s Portugal colleagues Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot, attended the ceremony with head coach Roberto Martinez and Nottingham Forest’s Nuno Espírito Santo, who managed Jota at Wolves. Al-Hilal’s Joao Cancelo and Rúben Neves joined the ceremony, less than 12 hours after losing to Fluminense in the Club World Cup.
The full squad in Portugal 🥹pic.twitter.com/CsoE1w9Zok
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“They are [have been] really sad days, as you can imagine, but today we have shown we are a very large, but close family,” Martínez told Sky Sports News. “We are Portugal, and it was essential for us that [with] Andre Silva and Diogo Jota, we are together and we will always be together and their spirit will be with us forever. Thank you very much for your messages, for your support and everything that we have received [from] all over the world. It means a lot and today we are all one football family.”
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