Portuguese-born Everton stars lay wreaths at Anfield,Toffees pay respect to Jota

Portuguese-born Everton-Stars Youssef Chermiti and Beto put wreaths in Anfield on behalf of the club and paid their respect to Diogo Jota after his tragic death.

The Liverpool attacker died on Thursday next to his brother when his Lamborghini had a band, while he picked up another vehicle on the A -52 in Cernadilla near Zamora – only ten miles across the border from Portugal.

The car would have been rolled and broken into flames, with emergency services that cannot save the football duo. Jota's brother, Andre Silva, 26, played for Penaphile of the Portuguese Second Division.

Jota and Silva went to Santander to catch a ferry to Groot -Britain after Diogo was advised not to fly after pulmonary operation, it was reported in his home country.

Jota's early death sent shock waves through the football world on Thursday. During the day, back in Liverpool, fans gathered hundreds and to pay their own tribute to the 28-year-old.

This continued until Friday, because it was associated with the club mourning the father of three. That afternoon, the two Toffees stars, accompanied by the former Toffees Midfielder Ian Snodin, contributed to the Anfield -Teergoon.

Beto and Chermiti both played for the Toffees in the Merseyside Derby in April, which was determined by Jota's final goal.

Earlier, the former Reds skipper Jordan Henderson fought against the tears while he put flowers and a Liverpool scarf on Anfield in tribute to his ex-teammate.

The international English international, who now played for the Dutch giants Ajax, left a sincere note to his former teammate in the bouquet that he brought to the site, with the text: 'Rest in peace my friend, together with your brother Andre. We will all miss you. Love Hendo + Family. '

His death, who throwing clouds of sorrow over the football world, came only two weeks after he was married to his girlfriend and mother of their three children Rute Cardoso in Porto, his home town.

The current Reds skipper Virgil van Dijk promised to be available to his family in a moving statement in which he said that he “was absolutely destroyed and in total disbelief” lost his five-year teammate.

Elsewhere, Liverpool -defender Andy Robertson, who has forged an incredible bond with the attacker during their five years together in Anfield and was also present at Jota's wedding almost two weeks ago,: “Those I am most thinking about, are the family.

'Their loss is too much to wear. I am sorry that they have lost two such precious souls – Diogo and Andre.

'For the team and the club we will try to tackle this together … no matter how long that takes. For me I want to talk about my partner. My friend. The guy I loved and will miss like crazy. '

Jota played 182 games for Liverpool and was part of the Premier League-title-winning team of last season under Arne Slot.

Doctors reportedly advised Jota not to catch a plane after a recent operation, so instead he got a boat back to England. A Brittany Ferries service from Santander to Plymouth left on Thursday at 4 p.m. BST and arrived on Friday at 11.15 am in Devon.

According to Record, Jota and new wife Rute lived the marriage of a friend at this weekend and had celebrated together.

The Lamborghini crash took place on the A-52 in the province of Zamora. The Spanish double roadway is an important route taken by drivers after leaving North Portugal while going to the ports of Santander and Bilbao or driving northeast to France.

Emergency services in the Castilla and Leon region confirmed the crash and two fatalities around 12.35 on Thursday. The death of Diogo and Andre were then confirmed at about 8 hours by the Portuguese football federation.

Wreckage on the spot suggested that the brothers were driving to the UK in a Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder.

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