In Gondomar, Portugal, the funeral of the attacker who died together with his brother in a road accident. Among others also present Federico Chiesa. The bishop: “We are here to share this infinite pain”
Liverpool’s teammates with a red crown with the number 20, the Diogo Jota shirt. Many companions of the Portuguese national team and other teams. In a moved and intimate atmosphere many football champions, the family and closest friends participated in Gondomar at the funeral in a private form of the Portuguese attacker and his brother André Silva, who died two days ago in a road accident in Spain. Also present was the widow, Rute, parents and grandfather.
Already two hours earlier hundreds of people had gathered in front of the parish church. And they welcomed with a moving applause the arrival of Rute Cardoso, the young widow of Diogo Jota and mother of their three young children, who had joined him in marriage with him only on June 22nd. A long applause at the arrival of the two coffins, accompanied by the funeral procession from the chapel of the Resurrection to the parish church of Gondomar: that of André Silva brought by the teammates of Penafiel. Then that of Diogo Jota, with Rúben Neves between friends and family to bring coffee. Last night the Portuguese of Al Hilal was consoled by his teammates while crying on the pitch, before the game lost with the Fluminense, in Orlando, in Florida. “Dear Dinis, Mafalda and Duarte – said the bishop during the homily, directing a message to the children of Diogo Jota, who were not present – At this moment you are suffering immensely, or perhaps not, because you don’t realize it. I will pray a lot for you. Whoever suffers a lot are your mother and grandparents. See the mortal remains of a child must be an infinite torment, when there are no words. They are feelings.
the companions
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In addition to the families of the two players, numerous personalities from Portuguese football, including Bernardo Silva, Joa Silva, Bruno Fernandes, could and Rui Jorge, participated in yesterday’s funeral vigil. Today there are also many Liverpool players: Endo, Kelleher, Van Dijk, Curtis Jones, Robertson, Church, Elliott, Mac Allister and Connor Bradley, then the former Thiago Alcantara and Fabinho. Arne Slot, the Reds coach, also joined the team. With them also many Portuguese national teams, among others: Bernardo Silva, João Moutinho, then João Félix, José Fonte, Danilo, Adrien Silva, Ricardo and André Horta.
waking
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Yesterday hundreds of people participated in the funeral vigil. Among them also the Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, the agent of Jota Jorge Mendes and the president of the port André Villas-Boas. “Football is in mourning. Diogo was an icon of talent that Portuguese football represents,” said the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Pedro Proenca. Family and friends were present, including parents and grandfather. Diogo Jota had married on June 22 with his partner Rute Cardoso, in the presence of the three children.
the condolence
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The tragedy sparked a wave of emotion in football, and beyond. Liverpool – who will pay the family the remaining two years of Jota contract – has opened a condolence book and lowered the flags at half auction, with dozens of fans who have laid a sea of flowers, balloons, Jota shirts and scarves with the writing “Rest in peace Diogo Jota”, outside Anfield. At the football academy of Diogo Jota, near the Gondomar SC, where the former Porto and Atletico Madrid player took his first steps in the world of football, the fans brought flowers, scarves, candles and shirts. “Thanks, Diogo Jota”, read in the message written by hand by a child. Pedro Neles, a friend of Jota at school in Gondomar, said that “he will remember him as a very friendly, very courteous person, who loved everyone and who always had a smile on his lips”. As a sign of mourning, Liverpool has postponed the resumption of training to Monday. Only then will the players return, who initially had to return to work yesterday. Diogo Jota would have had to reach Liverpool in ferry from Santander, in the north of Spain, when the accident occurred, since he had been not recommended to fly due to a recent surgery to the lungs. But the Lamborghini Huracan on which he traveled with his brother André, due to the outbreak of a tire during overtaking, left the road and then caught fire, without leaving the two young people escape.
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