Soccer Football - UEFA Women's Euro 2025 - Group B - Spain v Portugal - Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland - July 3, 2025 General view during a minutes silence in tribute to Liverpool's Diogo Jota before the match REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
BERN, Switzerland (Reuters) -Sadness and celebration went hand in hand when a minute's silence in honour of Portuguese international Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who were killed in a car accident on Thursday, gave way to a celebration of life and football as Portugal took on Spain at the Women's Euros.
Though the usual ear-splitting pre-game music thundered from the speakers, there was an unmistakable pall of grief in the stadium as Portuguese fans clutched signs paying tribute to the 28-year-old and his brother, the simplest of them summing up the feelings of the football world: "Thank you, Diogo Jota".
