Brothers died on Thursday (3) in a serious car accident in northern Spain, which shocked the world of football
And his brother André Silva are being veiled this Friday in the small Gondomar, a Portuguese city where the striker of the beginning of his career. The brothers died on Thursday (03) in a serious car accident in the north of, which shocked the world of football. Family and friends of soccer players began to reach the resurrection chapel earlier this Friday. Some hugged and cried before entering the small church, where the funeral will be held on Saturday. The bodies of the athletes were repatriated to Portugal on Thursday after being identified by the family, Spanish government officials reported. Jota and his parents have houses in Gondomar, where he began his career as a player as a child. Gondomar is a working city near Porto, where Jota was born.
Jota, 28, and André Silva, 25, were found dead near Zamora, northwestern Spain, after Lamborghini where they were hit an isolated stretch of the highway shortly after Thursday midnight and caught fire. Spanish police are investigating the cause of the accident, which did not involve another vehicle. Liverpool player and Portuguese team, Diogo Jota died 11 days after marrying Ruth Cardoso, his longtime girlfriend, with whom he had three children, the youngest was born last year. André Silva was also a professional player. He worked for Penafiel, from the second division of Portuguese football.
Condoters arrived from Portuguese authorities and the world of football as the news of the accident spread throughout Thursday. Liverpool fans put wreaths of flowers and scarves from the team outside the Anfield Stadium, while a minute of silence was held before Portugal played against Spain in the female Euro, Switzerland. The loss was deeply felt in his hometown, especially in his first football club, where Jota began playing at age 9. “He never forgot his roots, nor his friends, because he had a group of friends who were with him in training here in Gondomar and that he even invited from time to time to watch Liverpool games in England,” Gondomar SC director Anselmo Serra told the Associated Press news agency. “They were like a group of friends he never forgot over the years.”
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from Estadão Content
