The bodies of Liverpool -footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva arrived on Friday in Noord -Portugal for a wake in their hometown, while tribute continued to flow in after they died in a car accident in Spain.
A convoy of Hearses left on Thursday evening for Gondomar near Porto from the Mortuary of Puebla de Sanabria, near where the Lamborghini in which the brothers traveled were broken off the road and broke into flames after midnight on Thursday. The police said they suspected there was a bond burst.
Jota's wife Rute Cardoso, who was married to the football player only a few weeks earlier, was given the mortuary and fell at the convoy, just like Jota's old agent Jorge Mendes.
It is expected that a wake will take place in a chapel in Gondomar from 16:00 and a funeral on Saturday in a church nearby at 10:00 am local time, said the mayor of Gondomar.
Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro arrived in the village on Friday morning.
Jota's death at the age of 28 shocked the world of football, with messages from Tribute that flows in from former teammates, clubs, national leaders and fans. Outside Liverpool's Anfield stage fans, fans of flowers, scarves and handwritten tones left behind, many of children.
Football clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain, who have several Portuguese internationals in their team, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Real Madrid observed a moment of silence during training for their matches in the World Cup in the United States.
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said on Thursday that forward Pedro Neto weighed whether he would play against Palmeiras on Friday Quarter Final, while the Portuguese international mourns the tragic death of his good friend.
Jota's manager in Liverpool, Arne Slot, said on Thursday in a statement that his thoughts were with his family.
“My message to them is very clear – you will never walk alone,” said Slot.
“For us as a club, the feeling of shock is absolutely. Diogo was not only our player. He was a loved one for all of us. He was a teammate, a colleague, a companion and in all those roles he was very special,” he added.
Jota went back to Liverpool by car after he was told that he had to avoid the plane for up to six weeks after pulmonary operation to tackle a broken rib, his physiotherapist Miguel Goncalves De Beridcaster now told the Beridcaster late on Thursday.
Goncalves said that Jota recovered well from the pneumothorax operation and that he was planning to take a ferry to the UK from Spain.