The world of football united in pain. The funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, who died in a road accident Thursday in Spain, are held this Saturday in Portugal, at the Matriz church in Gondomar. Several teammates of the Liverpool striker and other Portuguese football personalities made the trip. Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson have notably brought floral tributes to which the 20 and 30 numbers appear, respectively the jerseys from Diogo Jota in Liverpool and André Silva in Penafiel (second Portuguese division).
Former Jota teammates like Fabinho or Thiago Alcantara are also present, as well as many Portuguese internationals who have shared the Seleção changing rooms with him, like João Moutinho, Joao Félix and Bernardo Silva. While they were Friday evening in the United States for the quarter-final of the Club World Cup against Fluminense (Brazilian victory 2-1), the players of Al-Hilal João Cancelo and Rúben Neves also made the trip. The latter helped carry the coffin of Diogo Jota to the church. Despite the presence of the funeral media, mass inside the church is not disseminated to the public.
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