The bodies of the Portuguese soccer brothers Diogo Jota and André Silvadeceased in the early hours of Thursday in a Zamora traffic accident (Spain), they arrived last night to the town of Gondomar (Next to Port), Where your wake and burial is planned, according to local media.
Images distributed by the Portuguese Channel SIC News They show how their mortal remains arrived late this Thursday in two funeral cars while they were applauded by dozens of premises. The channel said they were aimed at the resurrection chapel.
He funeral To say goodbye to the brothers, it will be held on Saturday at 10.00 local time (one hour less GMT) in the Gondomar Matrix Church, as confirmed by a source from the Municipal Chamber to Lusa, to later transfer the remains to the town's cemetery.
This Friday is expected to take the wake in the mortuary chapel of that church, starting at 4:00 p.m. local time.
Shocking news
The International Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother André, 25, died in the early hours of Thursday in a traffic accident in the A52, in Cernadilla (Zamora, Spain), a news that shocked Portugal and the world of football.
The consternation samples continued yesterday and even today. Flowers and messages of pain and solidarity with the footballer's family accumulated in the exteriors of Anfield. It should be remembered that just 10 days ago he married his institute girlfriend, with whom he had three children.
They also joined the former Diogo experiences in Liverpool. Like the Colombian Luis Díaz: “I have no words. It hurts in my soul, not only for what it was on the court, but for what it was out of it. There are gestures that you never forget, and Diogo had one with me that will accompany me all my life. My hug is with rute, her children and her family.” Or English Trent Alexander-Arnold: “It is very difficult to find the right words when your head and heart fail to accept that someone you loved has gone so much.”
Outdoor tribute of the Anfield stadium, this Thursday. / Peter Byrne/PA Wire/dpa
The striker, formed in the Lusos Clubs del Gondomar and Paços de Ferreira, was a player of Atlético de Madrid in 2016 and subsequently played on loan in FC Porto until 2018, when he went to the English League. Since 2020 he is a Liverpool footballer.
His brother André Felipe Silva is also a footballer. He plays at the Futebol Clube Penafiel, a team from the Portuguese Second Division.
