The first match of Liverpool since his death has paid tribute to Diaogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.
Portugal and Liverpool further Jota and Silva, a professional footballer, died on 3 July in a car accident in Spanish province of Zamora.
Prior to the first pre-season friendly of the Preston North End, Elvis Presley’s emotional rendering could not help fall into love and you will never walk alone in the Liverpool Club Anthem.
During the latter, a blind emotional preseston captain Ben Whitman placed a wreath in front of the liverpool supporters traveling.
Remembering the former Porto and Volvs attacker filled with distant ends, flags and scarves, sang the song of Jota loudly as the players went out before an errorly seen minute silence.
At the beginning of the 20th minute, the crowd burst into another singing of Jota’s song.
There was a silent festival when Connor Bradley opened the scoring to Liverpool, looked at the sky with full-back, as he went back to his position.
Striker Darwin Nunez scored the second score of Reds and paid tribute to Liverpool’s fans by performing two ceremonies of Jota.
Kodi Gakpo followed the suit after adding the third to the third win and then held his fingers to indicate 20 numbers to Jota’s squad number in Liverpool.
The match program had a black and white picture of Jota, holding the Premier League Trophy and paid tribute to the liverpool player and his brother.
Liverpool has retired Jota’s number 20 shirts in all areas of the club, making an announcement on 20:20 BST on Friday.
In his first interview after Jota’s death, Liverpool’s head coach Arne Slot told Liverpool TV: “If we want to laugh, we laugh; if we want to cry, we are going to cry.
“If they want to train, they can train, if they do not want to train they cannot train. But yourself, don’t think that you should be separated from telling your feelings.
“We will always take him with us in our hearts, in our thoughts, wherever we go.”
Jota scored 65 goals in 182 demonstrations for Liverpool, helping him win the FA Cup and League Cup in 2022 and had a Premier League title in the previous season.
He played his last match for Portugal as he defeated Spain in the final of the Nations League on 8 June. He scored 14 goals at 49 international levels.
Guardia Civil told BBC Sport that Jota and his brother died after his car, overtaking a Lamborghini, another vehicle, exiting the road due to a tire shock.
The brothers were going to the Sentnder’s Spanish port, so Jota could return to Liverpool for pre-seasons training.
