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Spanish constabulary person released a connection confirming the passing of Liverpool and Portugal planetary Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, pursuing a fatal car mishap successful the state of Zamora.
The calamity follows a play of occurrence for Jota, 28, who won the Premier League with Liverpool and past the Nations League with his state this summer. The begetter of 3 besides precocious tied the knot with his semipermanent partner, Rute Cardoso, past month.
The brothers were driving successful a Lamborghini erstwhile a tyre blew out, forcing the car to permission the road. The conveyance past caught connected fire, and some Jota and his brother, Andre, a nonrecreational shot subordinate successful Portugal for FC Penafiel, died.
"The accusation we person truthful acold is that the car, which was a Lamborghini, was successful a roadworthy postulation mishap and near the roadworthy owed to a tyre blowout portion overtaking," the Guardia Civil told the BBC.
"It was successful the aboriginal hours, 00:30 BST, successful the municipality of Cernadilla successful the state of Zamora. The car caught connected occurrence and the 2 occupants were killed."
Liverpool besides released a connection confirming the player's passing. Jota joined the Reds successful 2020 aft making his sanction successful the Premier League astatine Wolves. Portugal planetary Jota scored 65 goals successful 182 appearances for Liverpool, helping the Anfield nine triumph the Premier League past season, arsenic good arsenic 1 FA Cup and 2 League Cups.
"Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota," the nine said. "The nine person been informed the 28-year-old has passed distant pursuing a roadworthy postulation mishap successful Spain on with his brother, Andre.
"Liverpool FC volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this clip and petition the privateness of Diogo and Andre's family, friends, teammates and nine unit is respected arsenic they effort to travel to presumption with an unimaginable loss. We volition proceed to supply them with our afloat support."
The Portuguese FA besides paid tribute to Jota and his brother. Pedro Proenca, president of the Portuguese Football Federation, released a statement. Proenca said: "The Portuguese Football Federation and each of Portuguese shot are wholly devastated by the deaths of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva this greeting successful Spain.
"Much much than an astonishing player, with astir 50 internationalizations for the National A Team, Diogo Jota was an bonzer person, respected by each 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 Andre Silva, arsenic good arsenic Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs where, respectively, lined up the players.
"The Portuguese Football Federation has already asked UEFA for a minute's silence, this Thursday, earlier the lucifer of our nationalist squad with Spain, successful the women's European Championship.
"Lost to 2 champs. The disappearance of Diogo and Andre Silva correspond irreparable losses for Portuguese shot and we volition bash everything to, daily, grant their legacy."
Both brothers spent clip connected FC Porto's books successful their autochthonal country. Jota played for the Portuguese giants connected indebtedness during the 2016/17 season. His member Andre was besides a Porto subordinate successful their younker ranks.
"FC Porto is successful mourning. It is with daze and heavy sorrow that we nonstop our heartfelt condolences to the household and friends of Diogo Jota and his member Andre Silva, who was besides our jock successful the younker ranks. Rest successful peace," Porto said connected X.
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