The football world has been left devastated by the death of the Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota in a car accident in north-western Spain. The 28-year-old father of three, who married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, 11 days earlier, was killed alongside his brother André Silva when the Lamborghini they were travelling in veered off a road.
Jota and the 25-year-old Silva died at about 12.40am local time on Thursday in the province of Zamora. The cause of the accident has not been confirmed but Spain’s Civil Guard said it believed the car had sustained a puncture while overtaking, causing the driver to lose control. The Lamborghini burst into flames and firefighters had to extinguish a blaze in the surrounding vegetation caused by the accident. The wreckage of the vehicle was visible by the side of the A-52 near Cernadilla on Thursday. The brothers’ funeral will be on Saturday morning in the Gondomar area of Porto where they grew up.
