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Early on Saturday morning, a large crowd
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of tearful mourers have already gathered
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at the Yogo Jot's hometown, Gondmar in
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Portugal before the funeral ceremony
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started at 10:00 a.m. at the
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Resurrection Church Chapel where the
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burial ceremony is being jointly held
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for the Liverpool football player Diego
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Jotar and his brother Andre Silva who
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lost their lives in a car accident in
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Spain while driving his Lamborghini
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vehicle along the highway in Cernadilla
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Zamora Spain barely 10 days he married
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his high school classmate Ruth
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Cardardoso in Porto on Sunday June 22nd
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after a 13-year relationship and three
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children together. Local media and
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residents at the funeral ceremony
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reported that the players and technical
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staff of Liverpool have already arrived
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at the resurrection chapel in Gondar for
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the funeral of the Liverpool forward
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Diego Jotar and his brother Andre Silva.
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The Liverpool squad as seen in early
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videos and photographs from the funeral
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led by Virgil Van Djk and Andy Robertson
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have arrived in Gondmar as Virgil van
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Dijk carries flower design of number 20
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for Dio Jar and Andy Robertson carries
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the number 30 for Diego's brother Andre
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Silva. Hundreds of mourners lined the
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streets of Gondmar to pay their final
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respects to fallen Liverpool star Dooo
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Jot at the city's chapel. Newly
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appointed manager Onslaught was also
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among those in attendance, leading the
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group as they approached the church.
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Reuters had on Friday reported that
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hundreds of residents of Gondmar in
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northern Portugal filed past the bodies
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of former Liverpool footballer Diego
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Jotar and his brother Andre Silva at a
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chapel in their hometown on Friday after
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the deaths in a car crash in Spain.
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adding at an earlier private wake, Prime
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Minister Luis Montenegro, FC Porto
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President Andre Villboas, Portuguese
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Football Federation President Pedro
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Prowenko, and Jot's longtime agent Jorge
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Menddees joined the brother's family,
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including Jot's wife Rude Cardoso, who
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had married the footballer just weeks
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earlier. Cristiano Ronaldo, who
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Liverpool authorities said would not be
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attending the funeral ceremony, had on
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Thursday in a tweet, sympathized with
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the bereaveved and said, "It doesn't
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make sense. Just now we were together in
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the national team. Just now you had
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gotten married. To your family, your
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wife, and your children, I send my
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condolences and wish them all the
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strength in the world. I know you will
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always be with them. Rest in peace,
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Diego and Andre. We will all miss you.
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Portugal's president Marcelo Ribo Duza,
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senior Liverpool football club officials
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and well-known football figures
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including Manchester United player Diego
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Dot, former Liverpool player Fabinho and
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Portugal and RB Lipig player Andre Silva
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attended the wake on Friday. Tributes
