“EXTRAORDINARY PERSON”
In a short assertion, Liverpool stated the membership has been knowledgeable of the deaths.
“Liverpool FC can be making no additional remark at the moment and request the privateness of Diogo and Andre’s household, mates, teammates and membership workers is revered as they attempt to come to phrases with an unimaginable loss.
“We are going to proceed to offer them with our full help.”
Portuguese soccer federation president Pedro Proenca wrote on social media that he was “devastated”, calling Jota “a unprecedented individual, revered by all his colleagues and opponents, somebody blessed with an infectious pleasure and a reference for his personal neighborhood”.
Proenca stated that they had requested UEFA for a minute’s silence earlier than Portugal’s Ladies’s Euro 2025 match in opposition to Spain in Switzerland on Thursday. UEFA later stated {that a} minute of silence can be noticed at all the Ladies’s EURO 2025 matches going down on Thursday and Friday.
“We’ve misplaced two champions. The deaths of Diogo and Andre Silva are irreparable losses for Portuguese soccer, and we are going to do all the pieces doable to honour their legacy each day,” Proenca added.
Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Portugal nationwide group, shared an emotional tribute to Jota on social media.
“It would not make sense,” he wrote, including that that they had solely just lately helped Portugal win the UEFA Nations League, and Jota had simply gotten married.
“To your loved ones, your spouse, and your youngsters, I ship my condolences and need all of them the energy on this planet. I do know you’ll at all times be with them.”
