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Diogo Jota, the Liverpool star, who died with her brother in a car accident last week, traveled above the speed limit, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Spanish Civil Guard’s investigation is still underway, but they said their conviction was that Jota was driving too quickly to his Lamborghini before an explosion of tires, forcing the car off course.
The investigation also led to believing that Jota was the one who was driving. There was no indication of the police who were driving, Jota or André Silva.
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Diogo Jota de Liverpool celebrates the scoring in the Premier League match at Carrow Road, Norwich, in August 2021. (Joe Giddens / PA via AP)
The Lamborghini caught fire on the Spanish road near Zamora in the northwest of Spain, killing the brothers in a tragedy that shocked the world of football. Jota was 28 years old and Silva was 25 years old.
The players of Liverpool, as well as the national team of Portugal, were present during the funeral of the brothers on Saturday.
Liverpool Diogo Jota football player died at 28, a few weeks after winning the Premier League and married
Virgil Van Dijk, the captain of Liverpool, carried a red floral arrangement in the shape of a football shirt with the n ° 20 of Jota with white flowers. Andrew Robertson, another Liverpool teammate, organized a similar arrangement with Silva’s n ° 30, which he wore with his Portuguese club Penafiel.
Many others in the world of football, notably Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United and Bernardo Silva and Rúben Dias of Manchester City, were at the funeral this weekend.
“These are really very sad days, as you can imagine,” said the coach of the national team of Portugal, Roberto Martinez, during the funeral, via Fox Sports. “But today we have shown that we are a big nearby family. … Their mind will be with us forever.”
The car accident site in which the Liverpool Diogo Jota player and his brother died in the northwest city of Zamora, Spain, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Photo Emilio Fraile / AP)
The brothers would head towards a boat from northern Spain in England, where Jota would join his Liverpool team after a summer vacation.
“The Liverpool Football Club is devastated by the tragic death of Diogo Jota,” the team said in a statement on Thursday. “The Liverpool FC will not make any other comments for the moment and will ask for the confidentiality of Diogo and the family, friends, teammates and staff of teammates and Andre clubs because they are trying to reconcile with an unimaginable loss.”
Cristiano Ronaldo, a legend from the Portugal team, also reacted to the new tragic.
The Diogo Jota de Liverpool, Center, famous after scoring the second goal of its teams during the English football match at the Premier League between Liverpool and Leicester City at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, November 22, 2020. (Jon Super / AP Photo)
“Makes no sense,” he said in an Instagram post. “Earlier, we were together in the national team, earlier, you were married. To your family, your wife and your children, I send my condolences and I wish them all the strength of the world.
JOTA scored 47 goals on 123 appearances with Liverpool.
