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Instead of André Silva, the former Penafiel player who tragically died in the car accident with Jota, the club displayed an image of the former FC Porto player, a close friend and fellow countryman of the late Liverpool striker.
Real Madrid are under fire this weekend for committing a blunder in an attempt to pay homage to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, who tragically suffered a car accident on July 3rd.
During the Spanish club’s ordinary General Assembly, a solemn video moment appeared on the big screen. But in the turn of the former Penafiel athlete and brother of the Portuguese international, “another” André Silva appearedalso from Gondomar and a Portuguese international, currently playing for Elche, the team that Real Madrid faces… this Sunday, at 8pm.
Images of the failed tribute are circulating on social media:
The Madrid video to pay tribute to those who died in 2025 in which André Silva, current Elche player, appears instead of Diogo Jota’s brother
— BRAND (@marca)
Remember that, after the deaths of Diogo Jota and André Silva, the former Milan player had to issue a statement explaining that everything was fine with him and that he was not the one involved in the deadly crash that shocked the country and the world of football, as he received several messages about the tragedy as if he had been in the car with his countryman, former teammate and national team.
No , Real Madrid “apologizes to Elche CF and its player André da Silva for mistakenly including, in the obituary of an institutional video, his image instead of that of André Silva, brother of Diogo Jota, Liverpool player. We regret what happened.”
