Diogo Jota Funeral LIVE: Family and Teammates of Liverpool Star Attend Emotional Ceremony | N18G

Diogo Jota Death LIVE: Liverpool FC ‘Devastated’ After Footballer Killed in Car Crash Aged 28 | CNBC TV18 GONDOMAR – Funeral ceremony for Liverpool forward Diogo Jota who died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday. Diogo Jota’s family and teammates are set to gather in his hometown of Gondomar near Porto for his funeral on Saturday morning. The emotional ceremony, which begins at 10am, follows a private and public wake held for the Liverpool player and his brother, Andre Silver, at the Capela da Ressurreicao on Friday. Teammates from both his national team and Liverpool FC are expected to attend the funeral, with a flight to Portugal reportedly having been chartered by the UK club. The funerals of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his younger brother, André Filipe Teixeira da Silva, will be held at 10am on Saturday in Gondomar, a town just outside the northern Portuguese city of Porto. Describing the deaths of Jota and his brother as an “unimaginable loss”, Liverpool FC said in a statement: “Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota.” The Portuguese Football Federation said in a statement: “We have lost two champions. Their deaths represent irreparable losses for Portuguese football, and we will do everything we can to honour their legacy every day.” Cristiano Ronaldo has paid a heartfelt tribute to Portugal team-mate Diogo Jota after the Liverpool forward was killed in a car crash at the age of just 28 in the early hours of Thursday morning in Spain. Jota was in the car with his brother, Andre Silva, a footballer for FC Penafiel in Portugal, who also died. No other vehicles were involved, Spanish authorities said. #DiogoJota #JotaTribute #LiverpoolFC #Portugal #cristianoronaldo #footballnews #cnbctv18