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The Portuguese FA has issued a connection saying it is "completely devastated" pursuing the tragic decease of Liverpool guardant Diogo Jota.
Jota died alongside his member Andre Silva, who was besides a nonrecreational shot subordinate for Portuguese nine FC Penafiel, successful a car clang successful Spain.
The connection from the Portuguese FA said: "The Portuguese Football Federation and the full Portuguese shot assemblage are wholly devastated by the deaths of Diogo Jota and André Silva, this greeting successful Spain.
"Much much than conscionable a fantastic player, who played astir 50 times for the National A Team, Diogo Jota was an bonzer person, respected by each his teammates and opponents, idiosyncratic with an infectious joyousness and a notation successful the assemblage itself.
"On my behalf, and connected behalf of the Portuguese Football Federation, I explicit my deepest condolences to the household and friends of Diogo and André Silva, arsenic good arsenic to Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs wherever the players played respectively.
"The Portuguese Football Federation has already asked UEFA for a minute's soundlessness this Thursday, earlier our team's lucifer against Spain successful the Women's European Championship.
"We person mislaid 2 champions. The passing of Diogo and André Silva represents an irreparable nonaccomplishment for Portuguese shot and we volition bash everything we tin to honour their bequest each day."
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