The English club stressed that in this way, its dorsal will be “immortalized with justice for its contribution to the Premier League 2024/25” title.
The death of the footballer of Liverpool Diogo Jota He left his fans and the world of mourning football. From this tragedy, the English club decided to remove the number 20 in memory of the Portuguese player, who died this morning in a traffic accident on the highway in Spain.
The club’s decision was communicated through a statement stating that the shirt “will be immortalized with justice for its Contribution to the Premier League title of Liverpool 2024-25, With its characteristic bargain, followed by a goal in front of the kop (tribune) for seal victory in the April classica moving last goal of his life. “
In addition, in the same text they reviewed the classic song of the Reds fans to the player: “Use the 20 and take us to victory. When running through the left wing, he faces in and will mark for Liverpool. It is from Portugal, better than Luis Figo, and his name is Diogo “, says the lyrics.
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The decision to withdraw a number is historic for the emblematic English club. The only number that is also disabled is 96, in honor of the 96 victims of Hillsborough’s tragedy, which occurred in 1989. However, it was not officially removed, no player is simply assigned.
The tragic death of Diogo Jota
Diogo Jota28 years old, died in the early hours of this Thursday in a Traffic accident in the province of Zamora In Spain. His brother was traveling next to him, who also lost his life.
The Liverpool player died when the vehicle in which he was traveling with his brother André, 26 and also a professional footballer, from Penafiel, He suffered a way out that triggered a fire in the median.
As witnesses reported, The car was in flames and they spread to the vegetation in the area. One of the first hypothesis of the cause of the incident aims for one of the vehicle’s tires He could have puncturedwhich would have caused the driver to lose control of the car and leave the road, generating the incident.
In detail, both brothers were aboard a Lamborghini vehicle. The incident occurred on the Low Highway (A52), in Spain, at kilometer 65, around 00:40 hours.
Source: Ambito
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