US EditionPortuguese Prime Minister Pays Respects to Diogo Jota at Liverpool Star's Wake - Liverpool Echo
GONDOMAR, PORTO DISTRICT, JUL 4 – Hundreds gathered to honor the Liverpool and Portugal footballer and his brother, with officials and fans paying respects at wakes and funerals following their fatal car crash.
- Thursday morning, Diogo Jota and Andre Silva died when their Lamborghini veered off the A-52 near Zamora and burst into flames after a suspected tyre blowout.
- With air travel off-limits after surgery, Jota and Silva were traveling to Santander to catch a ferry to the UK, choosing road travel after surgery avoidance advice.
- Gondomar Town Hall issued a day of mourning, as hundreds of residents filed past the bodies at Sao Cosme Chapel on Jul 4.
- Liverpool FC responded by lowering flags to half-mast and closing facilities until Monday, while postponing players’ pre-season return.
- Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will attend the 4pm wake proper, ahead of a funeral mass at 10am on Saturday at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar.
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Jota died in a car crash along with his brother Andre Silva in Spain on July 3, aged 28.
Emotional scenes from Portugal. Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva were buried in the city of Gondomar on Saturday.
Porto, Portugal.- Relatives and friends of Diogo Jota and his brother André gathered in a chapel where their bodies were taken for a mass, one day after the two Portuguese footballers died in a car accident. Some hugged and wept before entering the Chapel of Resurrection San Cosme. The parents of the brothers attended, as well as several soccer companions. The mourners left flowers and candles beside a tree outside the chapel. Portuguese Preside…
Hundreds pay last respects to Liverpool's Diogo Jota and brother in hometown
GONDOMAR: Hundreds of residents of Gondomar in northern Portugal filed past the bodies of former Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at a chapel in their hometown on Friday, after their deaths in a car crash in Spain. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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