Diogo Jota’s Portugal team-mates Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo were left in tears as they paid tribute to the Liverpool star. And his brother ahead of Al-Hilal’s Club World Cup final clash with Fluminense.
The pair were visibly moved as they observed a minute’s silence for their Portugal team-mate. After the ceremony, Neves covered his face with his hands. While Cancelo crouched down on the ground, unable to hold back tears as images of Jota and Andre Silva were projected on the screen.
The football world was plunged into mourning on Thursday. When it emerged that Jota, 28, and Silva, 26 had died after the Lamborghini they were driving in careened off a road in northern Spain after a tyre blew out.
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Gondomar, Portugal on Friday. Where a wake and a vigil were held for the pair at the Sao Cosme Chapel.
Neves and Jota had only played together for Portugal less than a month as they beat Spain in the Nations League final, and the trio were also part of the squad that won the 2018–19 Nations League together
in Orlando. Other players were also in mourning at Fluminense’s clash with Al-Hilal. แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ Former Chelsea defender Thiago Silva looked serious as he joined the tributes.