They give the last goodbye to footballer Diogo Jota and his brother: This was the emotional funeral

Diogo Jota and his younger brother, André Silva, were fired on July 5 at an emotional funeral in the Portuguese city of the city, which was originally. The football brothers died on July 3 in a car accident in Zamora, Spain.

Family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances of the athletes who gathered in the native church of the city to honor a mass in his memory organized by Porto Bishop Manuel Linda.

Among the participants were highlighted by important Portugal football executives, such as Roberto Martínez, the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Pedro Proença and teammates such as Bernardo Silva, João Félix, João Moutinho Rui patrício.

From England, Liverpool sent a delegation led by Captain Virgil van Dijk, who was wearing a floral crown with the Jota Number 20 shirt. Jordan Henderson got the number 30 in honor of André.

Diogo’s wife, Cardoso Rote, with whom she had married just 11 days before the accident, arrived in white and put a rose on her husband’s coffin, accompanied by her sister.

Both coffins were accompanied by relatives and players inside the temple, where the mass took place. In the end, they were buried in the cemetery associated with the church.

Diogo Jota was Liverpool’s striker, so the club’s directive decided to remove the 20th shirt in his honor. In addition, they will continue to pay the two years they had a contract as a noble gesture for their widow all three.

André Silva played for the Penafiel Portuguese Club.