Roberto Martínez highlights national unity in funeral ceremonies

Portugal's football coach, Spaniard Roberto Martínez, today highlighted the national unity around Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, whose funeral took place today in Gondomar.

“Very, very sad days, but today was a demonstration for Diogo Jota and André Silva that we are a family, that we are all together and that we are Portugal”, he said, visibly emotional, as he left the cemetery, in a statement to the journalists present.

The Spanish coach also thanked everyone for their support in recent days: “I want to thank everyone for coming, for the messages from everyone. We are with Diogo Jota and André Silva”.

Several football figures attended the funeral ceremonies for the two brothers, including a large contingent of Portuguese international players, including Rúben Neves and João Cancelo, who played in the Club World Cup for Al Hilal in the United States on Friday and travelled to Portugal shortly afterwards.

Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, João Félix, José Fonte, Danilo Pereira, José Sá, André Horta and Ricardo Horta were also present at the ceremony, as well as several players from the Liverpool squad, the club where Diogo Jota played.

The Penafiel squad, which included André Silva, also attended the ceremony in large numbers, and were responsible for transporting the coffin of their former teammate to the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar, where the funeral took place.

Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother André Silva, 25, died in the early hours of Thursday morning in a traffic accident on the A52, in Cernadilla, Zamora, Spain.

The Portuguese international forward played for Liverpool, a club he had represented for five seasons and with which he won an English League, an FA Cup and two League Cups, also becoming champion of the Championship, the English second tier, with Wolverhampton.

After training at Gondomar and Paços de Ferreira, the forward played for FC Porto for a season, on loan from Atlético de Madrid, and was then loaned by the Spanish club to Wolverhampton, where he spent three seasons.

In the Portuguese national team, Diogo Jota won 49 caps and scored 14 goals, having won two editions of the Nations League, the most recent last month in Munich.

Portugal's football coach, Spaniard Roberto Martínez, today highlighted the national unity around Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, whose funeral took place today in Gondomar.

“Very, very sad days, but today was a demonstration for Diogo Jota and André Silva that we are a family, that we are all together and that we are Portugal”, he said, visibly emotional, as he left the cemetery, in a statement to the journalists present.

The Spanish coach also thanked everyone for their support in recent days: “I want to thank everyone for coming, for the messages from everyone. We are with Diogo Jota and André Silva”.

Several football figures attended the funeral ceremonies for the two brothers, including a large contingent of Portuguese international players, including Rúben Neves and João Cancelo, who played in the Club World Cup for Al Hilal in the United States on Friday and travelled to Portugal shortly afterwards.

Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, João Félix, José Fonte, Danilo Pereira, José Sá, André Horta and Ricardo Horta were also present at the ceremony, as well as several players from the Liverpool squad, the club where Diogo Jota played.

The Penafiel squad, which included André Silva, also attended the ceremony in large numbers, and were responsible for transporting the coffin of their former teammate to the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar, where the funeral took place.

Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother André Silva, 25, died in the early hours of Thursday morning in a traffic accident on the A52, in Cernadilla, Zamora, Spain.

The Portuguese international forward played for Liverpool, a club he had represented for five seasons and with which he won an English League, an FA Cup and two League Cups, also becoming champion of the Championship, the English second tier, with Wolverhampton.

After training at Gondomar and Paços de Ferreira, the forward played for FC Porto for a season, on loan from Atlético de Madrid, and was then loaned by the Spanish club to Wolverhampton, where he spent three seasons.

In the Portuguese national team, Diogo Jota won 49 caps and scored 14 goals, having won two editions of the Nations League, the most recent last month in Munich.

Portugal's football coach, Spaniard Roberto Martínez, today highlighted the national unity around Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, whose funeral took place today in Gondomar.

“Very, very sad days, but today was a demonstration for Diogo Jota and André Silva that we are a family, that we are all together and that we are Portugal”, he said, visibly emotional, as he left the cemetery, in a statement to the journalists present.

The Spanish coach also thanked everyone for their support in recent days: “I want to thank everyone for coming, for the messages from everyone. We are with Diogo Jota and André Silva”.

Several football figures attended the funeral ceremonies for the two brothers, including a large contingent of Portuguese international players, including Rúben Neves and João Cancelo, who played in the Club World Cup for Al Hilal in the United States on Friday and travelled to Portugal shortly afterwards.

Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, João Félix, José Fonte, Danilo Pereira, José Sá, André Horta and Ricardo Horta were also present at the ceremony, as well as several players from the Liverpool squad, the club where Diogo Jota played.

The Penafiel squad, which included André Silva, also attended the ceremony in large numbers, and were responsible for transporting the coffin of their former teammate to the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar, where the funeral took place.

Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother André Silva, 25, died in the early hours of Thursday morning in a traffic accident on the A52, in Cernadilla, Zamora, Spain.

The Portuguese international forward played for Liverpool, a club he had represented for five seasons and with which he won an English League, an FA Cup and two League Cups, also becoming champion of the Championship, the English second tier, with Wolverhampton.

After training at Gondomar and Paços de Ferreira, the forward played for FC Porto for a season, on loan from Atlético de Madrid, and was then loaned by the Spanish club to Wolverhampton, where he spent three seasons.

In the Portuguese national team, Diogo Jota won 49 caps and scored 14 goals, having won two editions of the Nations League, the most recent last month in Munich.