The football world is in shock: Portuguese international Diogo Jota from Liverpool FC died in a traffic accident in Spain on Thursday night. At around 0.30 a.m. Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva were sitting in a Lamborghini. They tried to overtake another vehicle. A tire burst on her car; They came from Autobahn 52 at the Zamora region in the Zamora region in the Zamora region in the Zamora region. The car caught fire – Jota and his brother André Silva were torn from life.
According to media reports, the responsible operations center is said to have received several calls in which the accident was made aware of the accident. The rescue workers could only have confirmed the death of the two young men when they arrived at the scene of the accident.
According to media reports, Jota and his brother wanted to reach a ferry from Spain to Great Britain. After a small lung operation, his doctors advised him against flying due to the pressure fluctuations, the Portuguese sports newspaper “A Bola” and the British BBC reported. The Portuguese international from FC Liverpool and his brother André were therefore traveling from Porto to the port city of Santander on the Spanish north coast with a sports car rented after Spanish media reports, where they wanted to take a ferry to Portsmouth.
Diogo Jota was only 28 years old. The attacker of FC Liverpool leaves his wife Rod Cardoso, whom he had only married almost two weeks ago, and three children. André Silva, also a professional footballer and at FC Penafiel in Portugal under contract, died at the age of 25.
Portugal’s head of government Luís Montenegro has spoken out his condolences to the family. “The news of the death of Die Diogo Jotas, an athlete who has honored Portugal, and his brother is unexpected and tragic. I express my sincere condolences to his family,” wrote Montenegro on the X. “It is a sad day for football and national and international sport,” he added.
“That makes no sense”
“The Portuguese Football Association and the entire Portuguese football are deeply shaken about the death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in Spain this morning,” the association was not only a fantastic player, “but also an extraordinary person who was respected by all his co-players who were exuded to a contagious joy and was a reference point in his community.”
Portugal’s soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (40) also responded to the death of his team-mate Diogo Jota. “That makes no sense. We were just together with the national team, you just got married,” wrote Ronaldo on Instagram and posted a black and white photo of his cheering teammate.
“Your family, your wife and your children I speak out my heartfelt condolences and wish you all the power of the world. I know you will always be with you. Rest in peace, Diogo and André. We will all miss you,” said Ronaldo in the post. He had most recently won the Nations League for Portugal in Munich with Jota. In the semi -finals against Germany (2-1), Jota was substituted. The attacker played 49 caps for Portugal. He scored 14 goals.
“This is a moment when I fight with myself!”
FC Liverpool showed “shaken about the tragic death of Diogo Jota” and wrote in a message of an “unimaginable loss”. Former team manager Jürgen Klopp brought Jota to Liverpool in 2020, and the Reds paid around 45 million euros for the attacker at the time. Jota became English champion with FC Liverpool in the past season, and in 2022 he won the FA Cup with Klopp.
“This is a moment when I fight with myself! There has to be a greater cause! But I can’t see it!”, Klopp wrote on Instagram, he posted some pictures together with the Portuguese: “It breaks my heart from the death of Diogo and his brother André.” Jota was “not only a fantastic player, but also a great friend, a loving and caring husband and father,” Klopp wrote: “We will miss you so much.”
Mind of silence at women’s football European Championship
The German national soccer team also expressed their sympathy. “We experienced with great dismay from the death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva. Our thoughts are with his family, his relatives, FC Liverpool and the Portuguese Football Association,” said the DFB team’s account with X.
At the European Women’s Football in Switzerland, there will be a minute of silence for Diogo Jota and André Silva. As the European Football Association announced, a moment of silence will be taken at all games this Thursday and Friday.
Just a few hours before the accident drama, Jota’s wife had posted a video of her wedding on June 22nd on social networks. She shines in her chic dress, looking her husband in love in the eye. “A day we will never forget,” commented Jota. Shortly afterwards there was a tragedy.
