Ian Rush, Liverpool legend, said he was unable to attend the funeral of the late team player Dyoujo Jota in Portugal because of his preoccupation with the funeral of his older brother Gerald, who passed away recently.
An invitation to attend the funeral
He added: “I received an invitation to attend the fujja funeral, but after my brother’s death it became impossible to participate, Dyou was a great player, and perhaps the best end of attacks in the team. He always provided 100% of his effort.
He continued: “Jota was never seeking the headlines, and that applied to his personality outside the field as well, he was a simple and humble person, and a truly noble man. He was dealing with things calmly and without noise. We will miss him a lot, and it would be very difficult for the Liverpool players who will soon return to the period of preparation for the new season.”
Details of the accident
Spanish police have officially announced the details of the tragic accident that killed the Portuguese star Dyou Jota, the Liverpool player, who died with his brother André in the early hours of Thursday morning, following a traffic accident northwest of Spain.
The Spanish Civil Guard explained that the Lamborghini Gotta, which went out of its path on a highway in the city of Zamora, after a sudden explosion in one of the tires while trying to overcome another vehicle, causing loss of control, collision with the car and fully burning it.
The timing of the accident
The accident occurred at 12:30 after midnight local time (1:30 am Cairo and Makkah Al -Mukarramah time), and the fire caused the player’s death and his brother immediately, without any possible intervention from the rescue crews that arrived at the site after it was too late.
The death of Gota comes just about ten days after his celebration of his wedding on June 22, when he then published pictures of the happy occasion through his official account and wrote: “Yes to marry forever”, in moments that seemed to be a new beginning, but it turned into a painful farewell.
