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Friends, family and teammates pay their final respects to Portuguese football player Diogo Jota

Friends, family members, teammates and coaches of the late Portuguese football player Diogo Jota gathered in his hometown of Gondomar on Saturday to pay their final respects. Jota, who played for English side Liverpool, died alongside his brother, André Silva, in a car crash in Spain on Thursday.

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00:01Friends, family members and teammates of the late Portuguese football player Diogo Jota
00:07gathered in his hometown of Gondomar on Saturday to pay their final respects.
00:12Jota, who played for English side Liverpool, died alongside his brother Andre Silva
00:18in a car crash in Zamora, Spain on Thursday.
00:21Several of Jota's national side teammates, including Manchester City's Bernardo Silva and Ruben Diaz
00:27and Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes attended.
00:32National team coach Roberto Martinez, who led Portugal to their second UEFA Nations League title last month, was also there.
00:42National team captain and football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was notably absent
00:47despite sharing an emotional tribute to Jota a few days ago on social media.
00:52British media outlets say Ronaldo chose to skip the funeral, citing concern his presence would distract from the proceedings.
00:5928-year-old Jota married his long-term partner, Ruta Cardoza, just 11 days before his death.
01:06The couple had three children.
01:09The couple had the same towicky.
01:13The band was already said when we joined the band.
01:15There was a very nice attack on Elijah, you know, for the three children before his death.
01:19We're in the third time.
01:20The album was extraordinary.
01:21We actually did the same for the band.
01:22And the band was apparently numbered three in front of the band,
01:24and the band was recently in front of the band, and the band was not quite a bit四つ.
01:26Who was getting the band?
01:27We were getting the band-up group band as well.
01:28We were getting the band when we were in front of the band,
01:30and the band was not quite a bitağıt.
01:32And the band was almost out of it.
01:33The band was open about the band was nothing,
01:34so became the band.
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