Portuguese football star Diogo Jota's wife breaks down as she walks beside her husband's coffin after a mass at the church on the afternoon of July 5.
Relatives, colleagues, and thousands of fans come to see off Diogo Jota and his younger brother.
Rute Cardoso, 28, walks behind her husband's coffin outside Gondomar church, Porto - Diogo Jota's hometown.
She breaks down sobbing, supported by a relative behind her.
Rute Cardoso and Diogo Jota had just married on June 22 after more than a decade together, having three children together. Hours before his death, the 28-year-old Liverpool striker still posted a video recording beautiful moments on his wedding day and wrote that he was the luckiest man in the world to marry his beloved wife.
Diogo Jota and Rute were high school sweethearts, going through many ups and downs together before Jota had a brilliant football career. The Liverpool star's beautiful love was admired by many, and now it makes everyone even more heartbroken to see them separated forever. The funeral was held at Gondomar church, just half an hour's drive from where they had their wedding two weeks ago.
Jota's teammates and friends came to see him off to his final resting place.
The coffins of Diogo Jota and his younger brother André Silva were taken away together. The two brothers died in a tragic traffic accident early on July 3 while driving through northwestern Spain to England. The Lamborghini they were driving is said to have burst a tire while overtaking another vehicle, lost control, and flipped several times before bursting into flames.
The parents of Diogo Jota and André Silva choked up at the funeral.
Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk and defender Andy Robertson led the mourners with two wreaths decorated with Diogo Jota's number 20 and André Silva's number 30.
Liverpool FC manager Arne Slot arrived with the players and coaching staff. They flew from England to Portugal on 4 July to pay their respects to their late team-mate.
Manager Arne Slot was heartbroken as he left the funeral.
Manchester City and Portugal players Ruben Dias arrived at the funeral.
Former Liverpool player James Milner bid farewell to his former teammate.
Former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson was in tears after the funeral.
Diogo Jota, born in 1996, has 49 caps for Portugal and was part of the team that beat Spain in the Nations League final last month. He joined Liverpool in 2020 and has scored 65 goals in 182 appearances for the Reds, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, and two League Cups. Diogo's younger brother, Andre, is also a footballer, playing for Penafiel in the Portuguese second division.
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