Soccer-Jota death to be marked by minute's silence at Portugal's Women's Euro 2025 game
"UEFA announces that a moment of silence will be observed at all of today's and tomorrow's UEFA Women's EURO 2025 matches in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool FC forward Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva who tragically passed away today," the governing body said on Thursday morning.
The PortugueseFootball Association said in a statement on Thursday morning that they had requested a minute's silence before the game.
The two sides are set to meet in Bern at 2100 CET (1900 GMT) in their first Group B game.
(Reporting by Philip O'ConnorEditing by Alexandra Hudson)
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