Diogo Jota’s Portugal teammate Ruben Neves wears the box of Liverpool Star at Funeral – after making late Night Dash to play in Club World Cup in the US.
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Diogo Jota‘s Portugal teammates Ruben Neves And Joao Cancelo have flown for his funeral.
Neves, who also played with Jota at club level for Wolves and Porto, was one of the pallbearers at the funeral in Gondomar after making a late night trip from the US, where he played in the World Cup Club.
Neves and Ancicleo both started as Al-Hilal with 2-1 was defeated by Fluminense in the quarterfinals.
Jota and his brother Andre died in the early hours of Thursday morning in Spain after a car accident.
After making his senior debut for Portugal in 2019, Jota made 49 performances for his country and scored 14 goals.
Jota played more often with Neves than any other player in his career – the couple was 164 on the field together on the field.

Ruben Neves arrived at the funeral of Diogo Jota in Portugal after traveling from the US.

Neves, who also played with Jota at club level, was one of the pallbearers at the funeral

Joao Cancelo, who also played with Jota for Portugal, was seen in Gondomar

Just like Neves, Annalo also played in the club World Cup for Al-Hilal in the US last night.

Portugal International Renato Veiga, who plays for Chelsea, also arrived at the funeral

Jota made his senior debut in Portugal in 2019 and made 49 performances for his country

Jota was part of the Portugal team that won the UEFA Nations League last month
Jota and Neves also played together at youth level for Portugal.
Chelsea defender Renato Veiga, who is part of the Portugal team, was also seen to arrive for Jota’s funeral.
Jota was part of the Portugal team that won the Nations League final against Spain last month.
Neves and Anannelo were seen in tears demolished during the Minute’s Silence that was held at the Club World Cup.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Kalidou Koulibaly were seen that supported Neves during the minute of silence.

Annalo was in tears after a minute of silence as a tribute to the former teammate Jota

Annalo could be seen to fight the tears again while players gathered around the center circle

Neves wiped the tears away after Al-Hilal and Fluminense tribute to Jota

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (left) and Kalidou Koulibaly (right) supported Neves during the silence of the minute
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