Tributes from across the soccer world in on Thursday that Liverpool ahead Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva of Portuguese membership F.C. Penafiel., have been killed in a automobile crash in Spain.
UEFA could be noticed earlier than video games on Thursday and Friday on the Ladies’s EUROs in Switzerland. A type of video games included Portugal’s opening match of the event in opposition to Spain in Bern.
Gamers from Portugal and Spain honor Diogo Jota and André Silva with a second of silence earlier than hteir opening match of the ladies’s Euro 2025 event in Switzerland. (Picture by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP through Getty Photos)
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Gamers from Belgium and Italy additionally each paid their respects to the brothers forward of Thursday’s first match of the day.
The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed that each Jota and Silva have been killed after their automobile close to Zamora, Spain. The Lamborghini was present in flames and firefighters have been known as in to forestall the flames from spreading.
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Police are investigating the reason for the crash. Investigators are uncertain who was driving the automobile, and are trying into whether or not a blown tire led to the crash, which occurred shortly after midnight native time.
Jota, 28, made 49 appearances with Portugal’s senior nationwide workforce. Silva, 25, performed professionally in Portugal with Gondomar S.C. and F.C. Penafiel.
“We now have misplaced two champions,” learn an announcement from the Portuguese Soccer Federation. “Their deaths characterize irreparable losses for Portuguese soccer, and we are going to do every part we will to honour their legacy day by day.”