The funeral service for Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva has ended, as a procession heads towards the cemetery where they will be buried in their hometown, Gondomar.
The service lasted for around an hour. Among attendees were Jota’s Liverpool teammates, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson, who were seen carrying floral tributes into the church ahead of the ceremony.
An audio feed of the service echoed through speakers outside the Igreja de Matriz, where hundreds of mourners – young and old – are continuing to gather.
Many mourners are standing in the streets in silence. You get the sense they don’t need to follow the service – they just want to be here, at this moment, to pay their respects outside the church in Gondomar .
The procession made its way towards the cemetery where Diogo Jota and André Silva where buried.
Family and friends accompaned their coffins as Ave Maria rings out from the church speakers and the bell begins to ring once again.
The huge group of guests – family, friends, loved ones – receive applause from the fans gathered here.
Hundreds of miles away in Anfield, Liverpool, mourners have been paying their respects to Diogo Jota, who had played for the club since 2020, scoring 65 goals in 182 appearances.
