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The funeral ceremonies of Diogo Jota and brother André Silva led family, friends, former teammates and thousands of civilians to Gondomar, for one last goodbye to footballers.
It was with applause and a lot of emotion that family members, friends, teammates from the world of football and many popular say goodbye to this Saturday Diogo Jota and brother, André Silva.
Although the funeral of the two young players is private, a large cluster of people gathering around the police perimeter, in a climate of enormous regretwhen there were still a few hours to start the ceremony.
Still during the beginning of this morning, the Velório was open Family and friends, like what had happened during Friday.
Several Football Figures They made a point of coming to the chapel, including a strong contingent of Portuguese international players, including Rúben Neves and João Cancelo, who on Friday played at the Club World Cup for Al Hilal in the United States and traveled to Portugal soon after.
In the group were included Many athletes who shared a resort With Diogo Jota – Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, João Félix, José Fonte, Danilo Pereira, André and Ricardo Horta were some of the members.
On the part of the Portuguese team, also the national coach, Roberto Martínezand an entourage of the Portuguese Football Federation were one of the first to arrive. The coach stressed the National Union around Diogo Jota and Brother André Silva, whose funeral took place today in Gondomar.
“Very, very sad daysbut today was the sample for Diogo Jota and André Silva that We are a familythat we are all together and that we are Portugal, ”said Martínez, visibly thrilled, to the exit of the cemetery.
O Liverpool, Diogo Jota’s last clubhe was also represented by several squad players and high clubs of club leaders under a choir of applause.
Also old British emblem playerslike the Englishman Jordan Henderson and the Brazilians Fabinho and Thiago Alcântara, were present in the last goodbye to Jota.
Already the Penafiel Plantel, in which he aligned André Silvahe also rode the ceremony, having been in charge of transporting the casket of the former teammate towards the Gondomar Mother Church, where the funeral takes place.
In turn, The coffin where Diogo Jota rests was transported by family members and by Player’s best friend, Rúben Neves.
Estela Silva / Lusa
Diogo Jota, 28, and Brother André Silva, 25, on Thursday in the morning, in a road accident in A52 in Cernadilla, Zamora, Spain.
The Portuguese international striker played at Liverpool, an emblem that represented five times and for which won an English leaguea cup of England and two league cups, still with Championship champion, the second English level with Wolverhampton.
After Training in Gondomar and Paços de Ferreirathe striker represented the FC Porto for a time, on loan from Atletico Madrid, and then provided by the Spanish to Wolverhampton, in which he was three seasons.
In the Portuguese team, Diogo Jota added 49 Internationalizations and 14 goals, having won two editions of the League of Nations, the latest last month in Munich.
The young player, already father of three, “was already a special case in Paços de Ferreira, a great professional and a very humble kid“In 2016 said his former coach in the capital of furniture, Paulo Fonseca.
He said that even in the best dreams he had in mind what would happen to him in his career – and that “.” Wherever you are now, you will be in the backyard, playing the ball with your brother.
