Diogo Jota’s funeral service 48 hours after death – in a special place

The pain among family, friends and fans of Diogo Jota is huge – not only the football world is shaken about the tragic accident death of the Portuguese National footballer at the age of 28.

In the night of Thursday, Jota died with his 25-year-old brother André Silva in northwestern Spain in a serious accident with a Lamborghini. Both died at the scene of the accident (read here: “For this reason, Diogo Jota was traveling by car”).

Their mortals have already been released by the authorities and transferred to Portugal. Already this Friday, the dead guard is to begin in her hometown Gondomar at Porto before the two footballers are to be awarded the last honor on Saturday (11 a.m. CEST) at a funeral service. “We are ready to celebrate your life with everyone and share the pain and Christian hope,” says the priest of the parish of Gondomar, José Manuel Macedo, Portuguese media.

According to media reports, it is common in Portugal that funeral celebrations and burials take place 48 hours after the death. The usual traditions are therefore also the dead guard, in which the wearing of black mourning clothes and a complete Catholic service take place. In Germany, on the other hand, a period of up to ten days is not unusual.

The mourning ceremonies for Diogo Jota and his brother take place in one place with particular importance: the brothers grew up in Gondomar, here they learned to play football at the Gondomar SC – and here, Jota also got to know his great love: since their teenage he and Rod Cardoso have been a couple. They got three children, most recently their daughter was born in December. And only eleven days before his sudden death, the two in Porto said yes, did a new chapter want to begin in their life, which can no longer be written to the end.