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The Sun
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Liverpool fans pay touching tribute to Diogo Jota in first Premier League match since star's tragic death
FANS paid touching tributes to Diogo Jota as they watched Liverpool's opening game of the season tonight. The Reds kicked off their Premier League title defence against Bournemouth at Anfield at 8pm this evening. 13 13 13 Fans applauded as a mosaic honouring the Portuguese attacker and his brother Andre was passed across The Kop and the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand before kick off. A moment of silence was also held before the game in honour of the beloved player and his brother. The club and its millions of fans around the world have been in mourning since Diogo and Andre both died in a car crash in Spain on July 3 as they drove to catch a ferry back to England for the start of Liverpool's pre-season. At the 20 minute mark, the crowds were up on their feet and gave Jota a huge ovation. Scarfs and shirts bearing the player's name were held aloft as Anfield serenaded a spine tingling version of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. Prior to the tributes manager Arne Slot wrote: 'We know that this will be a very emotional occasion, given it is the first league game we have played since we lost Diogo and Andre. 'As I have said previously, the tributes that have been paid throughout the football world, and especially within the LFC community, have been truly special, and I know that tonight we will come together to honour them once more. 'I believe that Diogo's wife, his children and his family will be in attendance and it is important that, as a club, we show that they will always have our love and support as they deal with this most tragic of situations. We are there for them always.' Club captain Virgil van Dijk added in his notes: 'Tonight, of course, will be the first Premier League game we have played since we lost Diogo and Andre. 'It will be a very emotional occasion for everybody associated with the club, and especially for Diogo's wife, Rute, their children and his family, who will be in attendance this evening. 'They remain, of course, the most important people in all of this, and it is important that we as a club – players, staff, supporters – are there for them always, and that they know that they will always be loved and welcomed here at Anfield. 'I know that will be the case. Liverpool is a family, and tonight we will show that once more.' Meanwhile Liverpool team-mate Alexis Mac Allister paid and emotional tribute in his recent article for the Players' Tribune. He said: "Obviously, and with great emotion, I want to dedicate this paragraph to Diogo. I still can't understand how he left us so early. I always had a good relationship with him, but this past year even more so. "He was always a very down-to-earth, family-oriented person, and never tried to pretend to be something he wasn't. 13 13 13 13 13 "One day he would come and give you the hug of a lifetime, and the next day he wouldn't even say hello, hahaha. "We loved to 'take the p**s,' and we always found a way, whether it was our Messi vs Cristiano arguments, or just playing cards. It was part of the game. I will always choose to remember him with a smile. "And I know that with that smile, he'll be supporting us from above. If you don't believe that, then just look at the minute [Jeremie] Frimpong scored in the Community Shield. The 20th. These are signs. "I'd like to take this opportunity to send my warmest regards to his family, whom we must never forget, as they are the ones who are suffering the most from the tragic passing of him and his brother Andre. My respect and love to all of them." Liverpool has retired his No 20 shirt and plan to create a grassroots programme in his name. The release of Liverpool's new Adidas home and away kits came with Jota's 'Diogo J. 20' shirts available and it was the second-best seller, with all profits of official sales going to the LFC Foundation. A moment's silence will be observed at all top-flight matches this weekend in memory of Diogo and his brother. Chelsea have also been revealed to be donating part of their £11.4million team bonus for winning the Club World Cup to Cardoso and Jota's family. His previous club, Wolves, will also hold a tribute to the forward at Molineux ahead of their season opener with Manchester City on Saturday. The club have released a commemorative 100-page programme for the match, dedicated to Jota and his brother. The programme will celebrate his journey with the club and give fans some never-before-seen behind-the-scenes media with the icon, as well as including tributes from the players and staff who were closest to him. The universal tributes show that wherever Jota's career has taken him, he left a beloved figure. Jota featured won the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup with Liverpool and also won the Championship with his previous club Wolves. He also won international honours with Portugal as he lifted the Nations League titles twice. 13 13 13 13
Daily Mail
04-08-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Liverpool vs Athletic Bilbao: Live score, team news and updates as Arne Slot's side wrap up pre-season with a double-header at Anfield
Good afternoon and welcome to Mail Sport's coverage of Liverpool's pre-season clash against Athletic Bilbao. Buckle up because we're set for a double-header at Anfield today and we'll be here for both matches as the Reds end their pre-season schedule. The first side will kick-off at 5pm, ahead of the second roster at 8pm. It's set to be an emotional day in Liverpool, with this being the first match the Reds have played since the tragic death of Diogo Jota last month. The club have remembered their 'Forever 20' in the matchday programme and they'll be tributes to the Portuguese and his brother Andre, who was also killed in that tragic car accident in July. We'll be bringing you all the news ahead of the first match and then the action when it gets underway. Let's get to it!
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Police set to reveal within days what caused Diogo Jota's Lamborghini to swerve off the road as questions still remain over tragic crash that killed Liverpool star and his brother
Police probing the deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre are expected to give an update on the Lamborghini tragedy within days, MailOnline understands. Spain 's Guardia Civil and officials working in local government in Zamora are calculating how fast the acid green £180,000 Lamborghini Huracan was going when it crashed in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police admitted last week that they did not know which brother was driving at the time. The tyre of the supercar, capable of going 200mph, is believed to have blown out while overtaking another vehicle on the A-52 at Cernadilla - just ten miles over the border from Portugal. The provincial head of traffic in Zamora, Alfonso Ibáñez, is said to have been compiling crash data for the road where the brothers died. Six people have died on the region's roads so far this year, compared to 11 in 2024. Experts have been studying the road's surface and layout as well as the barriers that the Liverpool star's car crashed into in the early hours of the morning. Local sources describe the A‑52 as notoriously treacherous - pockmarked with potholes, broken lanes, recent roadworks, and even deer by the side of the road. A 60-year-old woman was seriously injured on the same road Jota died, last Wednesday at around 11.30am when her car came off the dual carriageway. The siblings, who were laid to rest in Porto on Saturday, were driving through northern Spain to catch an overnight ferry to the UK. They were headed to Santander to catch a ferry to Britain after Diogo was advised not to fly following lung surgery, it was reported in his home country. Liverpool were due to start pre-season training on Monday, so Jota was heading back to the UK on a road trip with his brother less than two weeks after he married his childhood sweetheart Rute in his home city of Porto on June 22. There are several vital unanswered questions surrounding the tragic crash which killed Diogo and his younger brother Andre Silva, who was also a professional footballer. Today MailOnline examines the key issues which will be the focus of investigators trying to understand what sent the brothers' Lamborghini supercar crashing off the road in a case that has shocked the world and devastated their families. How fast was the car travelling? The stretch of the A-52 where Jota and his brother died has a speed limit of 120 Km per hour, or 74.6mph, while the Lamborghini Huracán EVO Spyder has a blistering top speed of 202mph, as well as phenomenal acceleration form 0-60mph in 3.1 seconds. Exact speed remains elusive but the Spanish Guardia Civil say skid marks of nearly 50 metres were found near the crash, which in itself would not necessarily indicate that the vehicle was exceeding the limit. Did the car have a puncture? Initial indications suggested that a puncture did cause the driver to lose control, said police. Although the standard tyres fitted to Lamborghinis are superb quality, and tyre can of course suffer a blowout. The EVO Spyder's Huracán stablemate, the 'off road' Sterrato, does boast special 'run-flat' tyres, which minimise the effects of a high-speed blowout, but the tyres, manufactured especially for the model by Bridgestone, are not fitted to the Spyder. 'At this moment in time it is impossible to say at exactly what speed the car was going but that is something the Civil Guard investigators will be able to detail at least approximately in their final report from things like the skid marks,' they said. 'Everything points to the blowout of a tyre while it (the vehicle) was overtaking,' the Civil Guard said in a statement. What road hazards were there? Local sources describe the A‑52 as notoriously treacherous—pockmarked with potholes, broken lanes, recent roadworks, and even deer by the side of the road, according to The Sun. Known as the Rias Bajas, it is notorious for accidents. Built in 1998, it is said to see more crashes than any other in the region, with the central government representative for the province of Zamora, Angel Blanco, branding it 'very dangerous'. The year 2023 alone saw 19 accidents on the dual carriageway, which is full of high-speed bends, with an average of 1.5 deaths per incident. According to Cope, many of those accidents came during optimal conditions, such as dry road surfaces, good visibility, flowing traffic and natural light. At night, visibility is poor and the road's route through mountainous and forested areas leads to frequent patches of fog. Has human error been ruled out? Officials insist no other vehicle was involved, and that neither drunk driving nor distraction appear to have been factors. It is not known for certain which man was driving, but the car was leased in Jota's name. Did the long, late-night drive put Jota in harm's way? Jota had been advised by doctors not to fly after recent lung surgery—and so opted for the Lamborghini and ferry route. Jota's Respiratory physiotherapist Miguel Goncalves, who works at Hospital Sao Joao, in Porto, said he had last seen Jota at around 8.30pm, and the brothers were planning to drive at night because it was cooler. He strongly denied any suggestion they had been partying, calling his patient an 'unparalleled professional'. The physio said he was 'excited, confident in his recovery and enthusiastic' for the upcoming season. 'I said goodbye to him and his brother Andre at around 8:30pm. His brother was a great companion and decided to go with him, to accompany him on the trip, and that way they would also spend more time together,' Goncalves told Portuguese outlet Record. 'They were going to travel at night because it was cooler, but they weren't going direct. 'He told me that the journey would take about eight hours, but that they would stop at a hotel in the Burgos area to rest. Diogo was very aware of his professionalism. They were only supposed to arrive in Santander today (Thursday), catch the boat and then go to England. 'The family would arrive later by plane, organise their lives over the weekend and then, on Monday, they had a medical appointment scheduled in Liverpool to assess the situation. The overnight ferry from Santander to Portsmouth would still have left Jota with a lengthy five-hour drive to Liverpool, but with a cabin on the 30-hour ferry crossing, at least he and his brother would have had plenty of time to rest. It is believed very likely that Jota's dedicated player liaison officer at Liverpool FC would have been completely aware of his travel plans in detail. Jota had been due to return to pre-season training with Liverpool on Monday (July 7) ahead of the Reds' first warm-up fixture for the new season, against Preston North End on July 13. Could the supercar itself have had hidden faults? While there is no indication that Jota's car had had a troubled history, the Huracán model was plagued with safety-related recalls over the decade it was produced between 2014-2024. Lamborghini models have previously faced recalls over tyre pressure systems and structural components. In 2024, 39 cars were recalled in the US with Lamborghini reportedly admitting that a crash protection bracket may have been installed incorrectly due to human error, The Sun reports. The year before, 7,805 Huracán models built between July 30 2014 and October 30 2023 were also recalled due to a headlight issue that could reduce driver visibility for oncoming traffic.
Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Portugal release touching Diogo Jota tribute video after the Liverpool star's death at 28
Portugal released a moving tribute video after Diogo Jota 's death, which included highlights of his career and moments off the pitch with the national team. Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, 26 - also a footballer, who played for Portuguese second division side Penafiel - both died on Thursday following a tragic car crash in Spain. His Lamborghini Huracan had a tyre blow out while he attempted to overtake another vehicle on the A-52 at Cernadilla near Zamora - just ten miles over the border from Portugal. The football world have joined together in paying their respects to the Liverpool star, whose funeral was held in his hometown Gomorah in Portugal on Saturday morning. The national team shared a video across their social media accounts, captioned: 'You will always be remembered. Rest in peace, Diogo Jota.' It culminated with a clip of Jota lifting the UEFA Nations League trophy, which he won with Portugal against Spain last month. Serás para sempre recordado. Descansa em paz, Diogo Jota. 🤍 You will always be remembered. Rest in peace, Diogo Jota. 🤍 — Portugal (@selecaoportugal) July 5, 2025 After making his senior debut for Portugal in 2019, Jota made 49 appearances for his country, scoring 14 goals. The details of Jota's crash have been thoroughly documented in its aftermath. Jota's car is said to have rolled and burst into flames, with emergency services unable to save him and his brother. No other vehicles were involved, police said. The siblings were heading to Santander to catch a ferry to Britain after Diogo was advised not to fly following lung surgery, it was reported in his home country. Emergency services in the Castilla and Leon region confirmed the crash and two fatalities at around 12.35am on Thursday. Diogo and Andre's deaths were then confirmed by the Portuguese Football Federation at around 8am. Jota's death sent shockwaves through the footballing world and fans have gathered in their hundreds to lay and offer their condolences. Tributes from all over have poured in since Jota's tragic accident, with the sport's biggest names - such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - leading the testimonials. The tragedy came just days after Jota married his new wife Rute Cardoso - who he shares three young children with - on June 22. On Friday, hundreds of mourners lined the streets of Gondomar to pay their final respects to Jota at the city's chapel. Fans snaked around the Portuguese principality as the tearful crowd queued to honour the Premier League hero before his funeral. Mourners sobbed and carried roses and national team scarves in homage to Jota, who won the UEFA Nations League with Portugal less than a month ago. Aerial footage showed queues stretching from the small chapel, around the corner to the nearby church where his funeral will be held. Jota's heartbroken wife and parents gathered at a wake and held a vigil at the coffins of the former Wolves striker and his brother Andre. The town overlooking Porto is where the couple met and started dating as teenagers. They married two weeks ago and have three young children. Diogo and Andre's mother Isabel, father Joaquim and their grandfather were emotional on arriving at the chapel. Joaquim hugged several people and was supported by his brother and later raised a hand to mourners as he left with his wife. They returned around an hour later. Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro also attended the wake along with Jota's agent Jorge Mendes. The President of Portugal, Marcelo de Sousa, came later. The wake got underway on Friday afternoon ahead of funeral mass in the neighbouring church - the Igrega Matriz de Gondomar - at 10am on Saturday. Many big names attended Jota's funeral, including some of his Portugal team-mates and the Liverpool squad. Ex-Liverpool club captain Jordan Henderson and James Milner had joined their former team-mates. Members of Liverpool's hierarchy were in attendance, including FSG's chief executive of football Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes, sporting director. Family and friends were seen in tears as they carried their coffins into the church. Distraught loved ones, including Jota's wife Rute Cardoso, were seen walking through the the brothers' hometown of Gondomar in tears while other distraught mourners were being held up as they walked. Only family and friends are allowed inside the church, however a livestream with audio of the service, lead by the Bishop of Porto, will be played outside to thousands of mourners who are expected to line the streets to pay their respects. Ruben Neves, who played alongside Jota with Wolves and Portugal, and Joao Cancelo both made transatlantic trips in order to attend the ceremony. Liverpool manager Arne Slot, centre, was solemn as he attended the funeral service The coffins of Jota and Andre Silva were brought into the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar Members of the brothers' family carry their coffins into the church ahead of the service On Friday night, Neves and Cancelo had played at the Club World Cup in the United States for Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal.
Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Liverpool 'to pay the remainder of Diogo Jota's contract to his family' after his tragic death aged 28
Liverpool will pay the remainder of Diogo Jota 's contract to his family following his tragic death aged 28, as reported by Record. Jota and his brother Andre passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning following a car crash in Spain.
