For Saturday morning, July 5, at 10am local time, and Andre Silva is scheduled for the homeland of the two, Gondohamar, near Porto. Today, at 16:00 local time, the alert will begin for the two brothers killed in.
The funeral is expected to attend Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, showing the importance and respect attributed to the Liverpool ace and national Portugal. His teammates will of course be present by both teams.
His funeral is expected to raise a multitude of people who will pay tribute to two young people who left prematurely and left behind a large gap in the football community.
The moving reception of the two brothers in their hometown
On a quiet road, next to the resurrection chapel, on Thursday night, the crowd he was waiting for, welcomed the bodies of the two brothers, just 23 hours after the deadly car accident in northern Spain, at the 65th kilometer of the A-52 motorway. There, in an attempt to overtake, the Portuguese superstar’s car left his way due to a burst of tire and wrapped in flames, dragging two players to death.
⚫ The mortal remains of Diogo Jota and André Silva are already in their native Gondomar, where they were received between applause.
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According to the newspaper “O Jogo”, his parents and wife Diogo Zota went to Spain, where they visited the Zamora Institute of Law and Forensic Medicine. There they entered the tragic process of recognizing the two corpses through the personal belongings of the two players.
Earlier, the bodies were performed and an attempt was made to take fingerprints as well as DNA samples to identify and scientifically identify.
Crushes head or football community
Liverpool officially known that Diogo Zota’s jersey with number 20 on the back will become … immortal, as is the memory of the player himself. Diogo Zota was driving to Santander, Northern Spain, where he was to take a boat to Portsmouth, a two -night journey, a total of 31 hours. In England he would soon start preparing for the new season in this year’s champion.
In his statements, Liverpool coach Arne Slot stressed: “Diogo was an excellent athlete and a man, always dedicated and with tremendous will. The team and his family are in our minds and hearts during these difficult times. “
Jürgen Klopp, who worked closely with Zota, added: “He was a player who always gave 100% and had an incredible influence on the team. We will miss a lot. “
Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said: “Our country mourns the loss of a talented young man and his brother. Their loss is untold. “
His old teammates remember
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At the Gondomar Sport Club training center, the courtyard was filled with flowers, jerseys, scarves and candles – in front of the Academy named Zota. There, according to Skynews, his former teammate, Miguel Roca, was also found wearing his Liverpool jersey with No20 and holding a Wolves jersey, a gift from Zota himself.
“We’ve been playing together for over 10 years, from a young age,” he told Sky News. “All children dream of becoming professionals, but we know how difficult it is. Diogo did it. We are all proud. “
Lissinio Rimpeiro Koreia, who had grown up with them in the club, recalled: “Diogo was thirsty for the ball from a young age. Every goal was a performance. When he left for Passos Ferreira and then for bigger teams, we felt we lost something of our own. But he never forgot us – he always sent jerseys back. “
