Accident death with 28
Family, teammates and fans mourn for Diogo Jota
Diogo Jota’s accident death causes dismay beyond the football world. Now the funeral service for the 28-year-old and his brother André Silva begin.
The Portuguese national football player from FC Liverpool, Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident, and his brother André Silva are buried on Saturday. The funeral service was scheduled for 10:00 a.m. local time (11:00 a.m. CEST) in the parish church of its home town of Gondomar near Porto, reported the State Portuguese news agency Lusa and the state TV broadcaster RTP and other media in the country.
In intimate hugs and quiet grief, relatives, companions and fans of Diogo Jota Trost are looking for. One day after the cruel accident death of the 28-year-old soccer player, his widow Rue Cardoso, the parents and other family members in Gondomar in Portuguese came together.
The Capela da Ressurreição near Porto has become a pilgrimage for everyone who somehow try to process the tragedy. People brought flowers with them and abandoned wreaths.
Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro also proved to honor Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, who was also an accident, three years younger. The two are to be buried in a nearby church this Saturday. Diogo was 28 years old, his brother, who was also a footballer and was under contract with the Penafiel Portuguese second division club, was 25.
Diogo Jota and his brother had no chance
Jota, who was called Diogo José Teixeira da Silva with a full bourgeois name, and his brother had probably strayed from the road with her car on Thursday in the northern Spanish province of Zamora due to a burst tire. The car broke through a guardrail and caught fire. The two brothers had no chance.
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