Watch: Al Hilal’s Cancelo, Neves break down in tears throughout Diogo Jota tribute at FIFA Membership World Cup

Al Hilal’s Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves struggled to include their feelings and broke down in tears as a second’s silence was noticed throughout their FIFA Membership World Cup quarter-final in opposition to Fluminese on Friday in reminiscence of Portugal teammate Diogo Jota,
who handed away on the age of 28 on Thursday.

Additionally paying tribute to Liverpool ahead Jota, who died in a automotive crash in Spain together with brother Andre, was Chelsea’s Pedro Neto, who carried a particular jersey with the names Diogo and Andre through the day’s second quarter-final in opposition to Palmeiras.

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In remembrance of Diogo Jota and André Silva, a minute of silence was noticed. 🤍 pic.twitter.com/yYqKQWMur4

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🙏 A robust tribute.
Pedro Neto honors the reminiscences of Diogo Jota and his brother André with a shirt bearing their names. pic.twitter.com/adYnFahkZQ

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Friday’s Membership World Cup matches, which passed off in Orlando and Philadelphia, marked the primary on-field look of the Portuguese trio because the demise of the ahead, who had helped Liverpool win their second Premier League title earlier than starring in his nation’s UEFA Nations League triumph alongside Cristiano Ronaldo with a 2-1 victory over Spain within the last.

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Neves and Neto had been additionally a part of the Nations League-winning Portuguese facet, with the previous having additionally performed alongside Jota at Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier than the latter’s switch to Liverpool in 2020.

Al Hilal coach Simone Inzaghi mirrored on the tragic incident earlier this week and the way it affected the 2 Portuguese gamers in his squad forward of the quarter-final.

“Everyone knows it’s a tragic day due to what occurred to Diogo and Andre, sadly, these are issues that shouldn’t occur, which occurred,” Inzaghi had mentioned in a press convention.

“As we’re all conscious, we’ve two Portuguese gamers, Ruben Neves and Cancelo, who had been very near the fellows. Clearly right this moment was a troublesome day for everybody. We tried to work however clearly, the environment right this moment was not the identical as different days. It was a tragedy,” he added.

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Jota had tied the knot along with his childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso simply 10 days earlier than the deadly conflict that occurred within the province of Zamora.

Fluminese and Chelsea at set for a semi-final showdown on the Membership World Cup after defeating Al Hilal and Palmeiras respectively within the Membership World Cup quarters.