Liverpool players join mourners as soccer star Diego Jota is laid to rest in his hometown
The director of the Arne Slot club and the director of Portugal, Roberto Martinez, were also present, alongside a number of teammates from Jota de Liverpool and the national team.
During Jota’s last match for Liverpool in May, he helped secure the 20th English League title of the club. A month ago, Jota helped Portugal win the 2025 Nations League tournament.
Outside the church, hundreds have gathered to pay homage, sleep flowers and stand in sorrow. At the same time, a thousand kilometers away at the Liverpool stadium, Anfield, fans gathered by a sea of scarves, flowers, balloons and handwritten notes outside which formed a sanctuary for Jota and his brother.
Before the funeral, the tributes of the two brothers flocked around the world.
Friday evening, during the Chelsea World Cup match against Palmeiras, the teammate of Portugal Pedro Neto entered the field holding a Chelsea shirt bearing the names Diogo and André.
Neto, visibly emotional, rejected tears while the crowd was silent in the financial field of Lincoln de Philadelphia.
The same evening, the legendary rock group Oasis paid a moving tribute during the opening evening of their reunion tour in Cardiff, in Wales. While playing the emblematic outro of the 1994 song “Live Forever”, a giant image of the Liverpool n ° 20 shirt appeared on the screen, causing a wave of applause of the crowd of 75,000 people.
