Funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva held in Portugal

Footballers Dogo Jota and Andre Silva have been honored at a joint funeral in Portugal by his family, friends and colleagues.

28 -year -old Jota was placed on Thursday to rest with his 25 -year -old brother Silva after dying in a car accident.

Hundreds of local and supporters gathered in Igraya Matries in Gondomer, where the brothers are on Saturday.

The funeral also brought the vast names of football together, including Jota’s teammates Virgil Van Digk and Andy Robertson, who were seen carrying floral tributes to the church before the ceremony.

The service was held in a small Portuguese city Gondomar near Porto, which was re -abandoned after the death of the brothers.

Liverpool FC players, who were celebrating their Premier League victory just three months ago, arrived at the funeral together.

Seeing them moving to each other, almost as they do while walking on the pitch, was an emotional experience.

The community had a strong feeling, but also a shared bare.

Many people were upset, in which supporters on the other side of the barrier appreciated the players. A woman in the crowd shouted at them because they used to walk: “Foreca!” – Strength.

Family and close friends went to the church in full silence, many of them bent with their heads as church bells.

In the procession, a person gave an indication with a picture of Silva, which read: “Para Sampor Um Day Nos.” (One of us forever.)

Football and their local community had so much influence on the brothers that some guests had to look at the ceremony from outside the church, often hugging and resting each other.

Local people and football fans in the crowd looked quietly for most of the service, which lasted for about an hour.

Many wore football shirts and took goods from various teams abroad and abroad, where Jota and Silva, who played for local club Penafil, spent some time.

One of these fans was Antonio Morera, who earlier set out to be one outside the Igraya Matris de Gondomar, where the funeral was performed.

“I know I will not be able to go in, but I wanted to pay my honor,” he told me out of the church.

Antonio later showed me his phone case – a little old, he said – with the symbol of FC Porto.

Antonio recalled Jota’s fond memories on the field, as he spent a year for the local club, but said that brothers were much higher than football stars.

“They were good people, from a humble family, people like us.”

This has specially given him a tough competition, he said, “40 years ago his family went through a similar tragedy. Three days before Christmas, his aunt, uncle and young cousin died in a car accident, leaving his second cousin behind.

Jota and Silva probably were not their direct family, they said, but their deaths felt personal.

“This is what I think: it is difficult to lose your parents, it is really difficult. But losing your children is unimaginable,” he said.

Jota’s journey as a player inspired many people here in Gondomer, Football fan Fabio Silva told me.

He has kept with brothers since he started in local clubs – and said he was to stay here for his last visit.

He said, “Despite his influence on football, and even financially, he never allowed it to show it,” he told me, the family loves the city well in the city.

“The community is sad, destroyed,” he said.

After spending some time with him in the years, Fabio said that there was only one reason he was here: “Brothers, respect for the family.”

AVD football fans Fabio and Rafela traveled from nearby city of Lordloo to honor Jota and Silva.

Wearing Jota’s shirt, Fabio said that “for the last day of Jota” was important for him to stay here. Both said that it matters a lot to the community that so many people showed their honor to pay.

He saw the ceremony from outside the church, such as hundreds of other fans – Fabio said that it was difficult. The head shook, Rafela agreed, but said it was also beautiful.

“This is an example that you need to live maximum life,” Rafala said, “Because you never know when your last day will be.”

“Say everything you want to say, and need to say – tomorrow may be too late,” said Phobio.