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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
'Not a coincidence': A woman almost died in crash at same spot of Diogo Jota's tragedy, the road surface had 'many faults'... but footballer was going 'very fast', says expert
Diogo Jota's Lamborghini crashed on a road plagued with 'many faults', with the stretch of highway seeing a near-fatal smash just days earlier, an expert has said. Liverpool star Jota and his footballer brother Andre Silva both died in last Thursday's horror smash in Spain. Police preparing a report about the fatal accident on the A-52 near Zamora, by Spain 's north-west border with Portugal, are yet to say how fast they think the acid green £180,000 Lamborghini Huracan was going. However, a road expert today warned the road the pair were driving on was rife with issues - and that the speed they were travelling would not have been the only factor in the tragedy. Javier Lopez Delgado believed the road surface had been a contributing factor to the men's deaths, insisting: 'You can clearly see it had many faults.' Mr Lopez Delgado, president of the Spanish Association of Road Safety Auditors (ASEVI), pointed the finger at 'multiple factors' including the driving speed, saying: 'If they had been going at 55mph they probably wouldn't have been killed. 'It seems very clear they were going very fast because of the skid marks.' It is not yet clear whether the Civil Guard or the investigating court awaiting the full police report will make the findings public and officials have not yet said who was driving. Speaking on the day of the crash in the sparsely-populated municipality of Cernadilla just ten miles over the border with Portugal, the force said: 'Everything is pointing to a tyre blowout as the car was overtaking. 'As a result of the accident, the car caught fire and both occupants died.' In comments to local paper La Opinion de Zamora, expert engineer Mr Lopez Delgado said even if the blown-out tyre was not in the 'right condition' or at the 'correct pressure', it would not be the only factor in the crash. He told La Opinion de Zamora the central reservation barrier the siblings slammed into acted as an 'obstacle' because 'the length and angle of incidence were not correct.' Referencing another accident in the same spot eight days earlier in which a 60-year-old woman was severely injured and had to be cut free from the wreckage of her vehicle by firefighters, Mr Lopez Delgado said: 'it could be a coincidence but I'm not a big believer in coincidences. 'When two different cars come off the road at the same kilometre point something's up.' Town hall sources in Cernadilla, home to just over 100 people, branded the A-52 highway where last Thursday's crash happened as 'very dangerous' after it emerged dad-of-three Diogo, 28, and his 25-year-old brother had died. One quoted by local press said last Thursday: 'As it passes through Cernadilla it is full of bends at 120 kilometres per hour. 'Exceeding the speed limit or poor visibility at night are often the cause of accidents in these areas. 'Today it was two famous footballers, who had a great career ahead of them, but perhaps tomorrow the victims will be two more anonymous people.' The road, also popularly as the Rias Bajas motorway, has also been described as an accident blackspot due to the regular presence of wild animals, in particular Iberian wolves and deer which are often the cause of collisions. The car the brothers were driving in burst into flames following the crash (pictured is the remains of the Lamborghini the pair were in at the time) The Civil Guard said hours after the crash in its only official statement so far : 'A road accident occurred this morning at 00.30 hours at kilometre 65 of the A52, in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. 'A vehicle left the road, everything points to a tyre blowout while overtaking. 'As a result of the accident, the car caught fire and both occupants died. Pending the conclusion of the expert tests, the identification of one of the deceased is Diogo Jota, a Liverpool FC player, and his brother Andre Felipe.' Diogo Jota was heading to the northern Spanish port city of Santander with his brother to catch a ferry to the UK and carry on to Liverpool after the Liverpool player and Portuguese international was advised not to travel by plane following lung surgery. He had married his childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso, mum to their three young children, on June 22. The siblings' funerals took place on Saturday at a church in their hometown of Gondomar near Porto. Several Liverpool players and Diogo's Portugal teammates were among those who attended after paying their last respects at a wake the previous day. News of the tragic came as it was Jota's widow could stand to inherit up to £35million from his estate for the financial security of her and their three children, MailOnline can reveal. Jota first signed a contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018 which saw him earn £38,000 a week. Two years of these wages saw him earn £3,952,000 before he hit the big time with a move to Anfield, where the first two years of his four year contract at £83,000 per week saw him pocket another £8,632,000. As a result of his phenomenal talent, Liverpool then extended the deal for five years in 2022 and upped his wages to £140,000 in a contract that saw him earn £21,840,000 before his tragic death. Built into this was performance bonuses, and his 65 goals in 182 games contributed to his wealth. However, he was also an Esports entrepreneur and global brand ambassador. Jota was due to receive another £14.5million for the remaining two years of his contract, which despite reports in Portuguese media suggesting Liverpool will honour, has not yet been confirmed. It means Jota's total earnings of around £34.4million since arriving in the Premier League could be inherited by Rute and their two sons Dinis, four, Duarte, two, and their eight-month-old baby daughter Mafalda. Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, 26 - also a footballer, who played for Portuguese second division side Penafiel - both died on Thursday following a tragic car crash in Spain It is not known how much of this money he had spent, but a chunk of it had been invested in a five-bedroom, four-bathroom house in the upmarket north Liverpool suburb of Blundellsands. According to publicly available land registry documents, Jota and his wife bought the house in May 2022 for £2,125,000, where they rubbed shoulders with other players. The house had been listed for three years before selling and had been previously rented out. A brochure of the house available online shows an ornately tiled marble entrance hall leading to a reception area with a brass and wrought iron staircase. The ground floor living area has Georgian style double doors, underfloor heating and a Bose sound system. In the kitchen there are two sink units and a five hob Gaggenau cooker, wine chiller and fitted walnut units with granite work surfaces. The indoor pool is 39ft long and there is also a jacuzzi and steam room, while the games room has a snooker table and a pool table. Also on the ground floor is an eight-seat home cinema room with a surround sound system. Companies House records in the UK also show that Jota set up an image rights company called Minute J Ltd in February 2023 to channel some of his football earnings and his father Joaquim was also associated with it. The first set of accounts filed in December 2024 cover the period the initial first 12 months of the company and show it made £186,754 but owed creditors £49,786, with the bulk of £44,825 to HMRC for Corporation Tax. Football players often set up image rights companies as a way to control earnings from things like name, nickname, squad number which might be used in sponsorship, merchandising and endorsements. Besides his earnings from football Jota also had lucrative deals with Nike and EA Sports bringing in an estimated £3.3million a year and he set up his own Esports team called Luna Galaxy. According to Portuguese media, Jota also had a collection of luxury cars worth more than £1million including a Range Rover Sport, Porsche 911 Turbo S, a Ferrari 488, an Audi Q7 and a Mercedes-Benz G63AMG. Website, The Richest, in a detailed profile of Jota's financial worth, said: 'He left behind a financial legacy few soccer players achieve so young. 'His business smart matched his on-field vision, he left behind a blueprint for how athletes can build wealthy and legacy beyond the pitch.' Jota's tragic death came just 13 days after he wedded Rute, his teenage sweetheart. At the ceremony he declared himself the luckiest man in the world to be her husband and a series of emotional images and videos were posted to social media of their special day. Many who were there on what Rute described as that 'dream come true' wedding day then had to devastatingly fly in for Jota and his brother's funeral just over two weeks later. Family and friends, including footballers, came from all corners of the globe to the 17th-century Igreja Matriz church. It was there that they heard the Bishop of Porto, D. Manuel Linda, send a message to the couple's three children. The bishop said: 'At this moment you are suffering immensely or perhaps not because you do not realise it. The ones who suffer a lot are your mother and your grandparents. 'Seeing the mortal remains of a child must be a greater torment, but when there are two urns there are no words. 'If it is difficult to see an adult cry, it is even more difficult to see a child cry. I send you a special greeting for your mother and grandparents.' Mourners wore Diogo Jota shirts and paid tribute at Anfield Stadium following his tragic death Mourners wore Diogo Jota shirts and paid tribute at Anfield Stadium following his tragic death Rute Cardoso helps as pallbearers carry a coffin, at the funeral ceremony of her late husband Liverpool's Portuguese soccer player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva Family and friends gathered for the funeral service held at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in the town of Gondomar near Porto Both coffins were carried through the front doors of the church to the sound of violins and applause in a procession led by two priests at 10am. Jota's Liverpool team-mates flew in overnight. They included Virgil van Dijk, the club's captain, and Andrew Robertson, who carried red wreaths in the shape of football shirts emblazoned with Jota's number 20 and his brother's number 30. Former Liverpool players, including Jordan Henderson and James Milner, were also present. Jota and his brother were 190 miles into a trip from Porto to Santander, where he planned to take a ferry to England, when they crashed in the Spanish province of Zamora. Their bodies were buried, not cremated, in a graveyard screened by olive trees. Jota's team-mates from his former club Wolves, including Joao Moutinho and Rui Patricio, joined club officials to pay their respects. Rute walked alongside pallbearers and other mourners, dressed in all white and carrying her husband's coffin Liverpool's captain Virgil van Dijk and Liverpool's Andrew Robertson paid their respects, carrying bouquets of flowers on the day of the funeral ceremony Former Liverpool Captain Jordan Henderson wiped tears as he paid his respects to his former team mate They were spotted escorting a Wolves-themed wreath which read: 'Diogo your desire to fight and win lit up Molineux.' Speaking after the service, Roberto Martinez, the Portugal manager, was emotional as he told of his sadness over the tragedy. He said: 'I can only say that these are very, very sad days. Today was a demonstration for Diogo and Andre that we are all together and that we are Portugal.
Sky News
08-07-2025
- Sky News
Diogo Jota was driving at time of crash that killed him and his brother, Spanish police believe
Spanish police say "all the evidence so far" shows Diogo Jota was driving the vehicle which crashed last week, killing the Liverpool footballer and his brother. Authorities said they also believe evidence is pointing towards the vehicle "significantly exceeding the speed limit for the highway". The accident happened at 12.30am local time on Thursday (11.30pm Wednesday BST) on the A-52 motorway in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. The report is being prepared and finalised. "Among other things, the marks left by one of the vehicle's wheels are being examined," the statement from the Civil Guard in Zamora added. Authorities said the report is not yet complete would "be submitted to the Puebla de Sanabria court". The 28-year-old Portuguese forward died in the accident in northwestern Spain. His brother, Andre Silva, was also killed in the crash on the Rias Bajas Highway (A-52) near Palacios de Sanabria, heading towards Benavente. Please refresh the page for the latest version.
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Diogo Jota's Lamborghini looks like it was going 'very fast' at time of crash that killed Liverpool star and his brother, expert claims
The Lamborghini supercar Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his footballer brother Andre Silva crashed looks like it was going 'very fast', a Spanish road safety expert has claimed. Police preparing a report on last Thursday's fatal accident on the A-52 near Zamora by Spain 's north-west border with Portugal are yet to say how fast they think the acid green £180,000 Lamborghini Huracan was going. It is not yet clear whether the Civil Guard or the investigating court awaiting the full police report will make the findings public and officials have not yet said who was driving. The force said the same day of the 12.30am crash in the sparsely-populated municipality of Cernadilla just ten miles over the border with Portugal: 'Everything is pointing to a tyre blowout as the car was overtaking. 'As a result of the accident, the car caught fire and both occupants died.' Road safety expert Javier Lopez Delgado pointed the finger at 'multiple factors' including the driving speed, saying: 'If they had been going at 55mph they probably wouldn't have been killed. 'It seems very clear they were going very fast because of the skid marks.' Mr Lopez Delgado, president of the Spanish Association of Road Safety Auditors (ASEVI), also said he believed the road surface had been a contributing factor to the men's deaths, insisting: 'You can clearly see it had many faults.' In comments to local paper La Opinion de Zamora, the expert engineer said a tyre blowout he linked to the tyre not being in the 'right conditions or having the correct pressure', wouldn't be the only factor in the crash. He told La Opinion de Zamora the central reservation barrier the siblings crashed into acted as an 'obstacle' because 'the length and angle of incidence were not correct.' Referencing another accident in the same spot eight days earlier in which a 60-year-old woman was severely injured and had to be cut free from the wreckage of her vehicle by firefighters, Mr Lopez Delgado said: 'it could be a coincidence but I'm not a big believer in coincidences. 'When two different cars come off the road at the same kilometre point something's up.' Town hall sources in Cernadilla, home to just over 100 people, branded the A-52 highway where last Thursday's crash happened as 'very dangerous' after it emerged dad-of-three Diogo, 28, and his 25-year-old brother had died. One quoted by local press said last Thursday: 'As it passes through Cernadilla it is full of bends at 120 kilometres per hour. 'Exceeding the speed limit or poor visibility at night are often the cause of accidents in these areas. 'Today it was two famous footballers, who had a great career ahead of them, but perhaps tomorrow the victims will be two more anonymous people.' The road, also popularly as the Rias Bajas motorway, has also been described as an accident blackspot due to the regular presence of wild animals, in particular Iberian wolves and deer which are often the cause of collisions. The Civil Guard said hours after the crash in its only official statement so far : 'A road accident occurred this morning at 00.30 hours at kilometre 65 of the A52, in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. 'A vehicle left the road, everything points to a tyre blowout while overtaking. 'As a result of the accident, the car caught fire and both occupants died. Pending the conclusion of the expert tests, the identification of one of the deceased is Diogo Jota, a Liverpool FC player, and his brother Andre Felipe.' Diogo Jota was heading to the northern Spanish port city of Santander with his brother to catch a ferry to the UK and carry on to Liverpool after the Liverpool player and Portuguese international was advised not to travel by plane following lung surgery. He had married his childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso, mum to their three young children, on June 22. The siblings' funerals took place on Saturday at a church in their hometown of Gondomar near Porto. Several Liverpool players and Diogo's Portugal teammates were among those who attended after paying their last respects at a wake the previous day. News of the tragic came as it was Jota's widow could stand to inherit up to £35million from his estate for the financial security of her and their three children, MailOnline can reveal. Jota first signed a contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018 which saw him earn £38,000 a week. Two years of these wages saw him earn £3,952,000 before he hit the big time with a move to Anfield, where the first two years of his four year contract at £83,000 per week saw him pocket another £8,632,000. As a result of his phenomenal talent, Liverpool then extended the deal for five years in 2022 and upped his wages to £140,000 in a contract that saw him earn £21,840,000 before his tragic death. Built into this was performance bonuses, and his 65 goals in 182 games contributed to his wealth. However, he was also an Esports entrepreneur and global brand ambassador. Jota was due to receive another £14.5million for the remaining two years of his contract, which despite reports in Portuguese media suggesting Liverpool will honour, has not yet been confirmed. It means Jota's total earnings of around £34.4million since arriving in the Premier League could be inherited by Rute and their two sons Dinis, four, Duarte, two, and their eight-month-old baby daughter Mafalda. It is not known how much of this money he had spent, but a chunk of it had been invested in a five-bedroom, four-bathroom house in the upmarket north Liverpool suburb of Blundellsands. According to publicly available land registry documents, Jota and his wife bought the house in May 2022 for £2,125,000, where they rubbed shoulders with other players. The house had been listed for three years before selling and had been previously rented out. A brochure of the house available online shows an ornately tiled marble entrance hall leading to a reception area with a brass and wrought iron staircase. The ground floor living area has Georgian style double doors, underfloor heating and a Bose sound system. In the kitchen there are two sink units and a five hob Gaggenau cooker, wine chiller and fitted walnut units with granite work surfaces. The indoor pool is 39ft long and there is also a jacuzzi and steam room, while the games room has a snooker table and a pool table. Also on the ground floor is an eight-seat home cinema room with a surround sound system. Companies House records in the UK also show that Jota set up an image rights company called Minute J Ltd in February 2023 to channel some of his football earnings and his father Joaquim was also associated with it. The first set of accounts filed in December 2024 cover the period the initial first 12 months of the company and show it made £186,754 but owed creditors £49,786, with the bulk of £44,825 to HMRC for Corporation Tax. Football players often set up image rights companies as a way to control earnings from things like name, nickname, squad number which might be used in sponsorship, merchandising and endorsements. Besides his earnings from football Jota also had lucrative deals with Nike and EA Sports bringing in an estimated £3.3million a year and he set up his own Esports team called Luna Galaxy. According to Portuguese media, Jota also had a collection of luxury cars worth more than £1million including a Range Rover Sport, Porsche 911 Turbo S, a Ferrari 488, an Audi Q7 and a Mercedes-Benz G63AMG. Website, The Richest, in a detailed profile of Jota's financial worth, said: 'He left behind a financial legacy few soccer players achieve so young. 'His business smart matched his on-field vision, he left behind a blueprint for how athletes can build wealthy and legacy beyond the pitch.' Jota's tragic death came just 13 days after he wedded Rute, his teenage sweetheart. At the ceremony he declared himself the luckiest man in the world to be her husband and a series of emotional images and videos were posted to social media of their special day. Many who were there on what Rute described as that 'dream come true' wedding day then had to devastatingly fly in for Jota and his brother's funeral just over two weeks later. Family and friends, including footballers, came from all corners of the globe to the 17th-century Igreja Matriz church. It was there that they heard the Bishop of Porto, D. Manuel Linda, send a message to the couple's three children. The bishop said: 'At this moment you are suffering immensely or perhaps not because you do not realise it. The ones who suffer a lot are your mother and your grandparents. 'Seeing the mortal remains of a child must be a greater torment, but when there are two urns there are no words. 'If it is difficult to see an adult cry, it is even more difficult to see a child cry. I send you a special greeting for your mother and grandparents.' Both coffins were carried through the front doors of the church to the sound of violins and applause in a procession led by two priests at 10am. Jota's Liverpool team-mates flew in overnight. They included Virgil van Dijk, the club's captain, and Andrew Robertson, who carried red wreaths in the shape of football shirts emblazoned with Jota's number 20 and his brother's number 30. Former Liverpool players, including Jordan Henderson and James Milner, were also present. Jota and his brother were 190 miles into a trip from Porto to Santander, where he planned to take a ferry to England, when they crashed in the Spanish province of Zamora. Their bodies were buried, not cremated, in a graveyard screened by olive trees. Jota's team-mates from his former club Wolves, including Joao Moutinho and Rui Patricio, joined club officials to pay their respects. They were spotted escorting a Wolves-themed wreath which read: 'Diogo your desire to fight and win lit up Molineux.' Speaking after the service, Roberto Martinez, the Portugal manager, was emotional as he told of his sadness over the tragedy. He said: 'I can only say that these are very, very sad days. Today was a demonstration for Diogo and Andre that we are all together and that we are Portugal. 'Now, I would like to thank everyone for their presence, for all the messages from all over the world. We are with Andre Silva and Diogo Jota. Always, always with us.'
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Police set to reveal within days what caused Diogo Jota's Lamborghini to swerve off the road as questions still remain over tragic crash that killed Liverpool star and his brother
Police probing the deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre are expected to give an update on the Lamborghini tragedy within days, MailOnline understands. Spain 's Guardia Civil and officials working in local government in Zamora are calculating how fast the acid green £180,000 Lamborghini Huracan was going when it crashed in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police admitted last week that they did not know which brother was driving at the time. The tyre of the supercar, capable of going 200mph, is believed to have blown out while overtaking another vehicle on the A-52 at Cernadilla - just ten miles over the border from Portugal. The provincial head of traffic in Zamora, Alfonso Ibáñez, is said to have been compiling crash data for the road where the brothers died. Six people have died on the region's roads so far this year, compared to 11 in 2024. Experts have been studying the road's surface and layout as well as the barriers that the Liverpool star's car crashed into in the early hours of the morning. Local sources describe the A‑52 as notoriously treacherous - pockmarked with potholes, broken lanes, recent roadworks, and even deer by the side of the road. A 60-year-old woman was seriously injured on the same road Jota died, last Wednesday at around 11.30am when her car came off the dual carriageway. The siblings, who were laid to rest in Porto on Saturday, were driving through northern Spain to catch an overnight ferry to the UK. They were headed to Santander to catch a ferry to Britain after Diogo was advised not to fly following lung surgery, it was reported in his home country. Liverpool were due to start pre-season training on Monday, so Jota was heading back to the UK on a road trip with his brother less than two weeks after he married his childhood sweetheart Rute in his home city of Porto on June 22. There are several vital unanswered questions surrounding the tragic crash which killed Diogo and his younger brother Andre Silva, who was also a professional footballer. Today MailOnline examines the key issues which will be the focus of investigators trying to understand what sent the brothers' Lamborghini supercar crashing off the road in a case that has shocked the world and devastated their families. How fast was the car travelling? The stretch of the A-52 where Jota and his brother died has a speed limit of 120 Km per hour, or 74.6mph, while the Lamborghini Huracán EVO Spyder has a blistering top speed of 202mph, as well as phenomenal acceleration form 0-60mph in 3.1 seconds. Exact speed remains elusive but the Spanish Guardia Civil say skid marks of nearly 50 metres were found near the crash, which in itself would not necessarily indicate that the vehicle was exceeding the limit. Did the car have a puncture? Initial indications suggested that a puncture did cause the driver to lose control, said police. Although the standard tyres fitted to Lamborghinis are superb quality, and tyre can of course suffer a blowout. The EVO Spyder's Huracán stablemate, the 'off road' Sterrato, does boast special 'run-flat' tyres, which minimise the effects of a high-speed blowout, but the tyres, manufactured especially for the model by Bridgestone, are not fitted to the Spyder. 'At this moment in time it is impossible to say at exactly what speed the car was going but that is something the Civil Guard investigators will be able to detail at least approximately in their final report from things like the skid marks,' they said. 'Everything points to the blowout of a tyre while it (the vehicle) was overtaking,' the Civil Guard said in a statement. What road hazards were there? Local sources describe the A‑52 as notoriously treacherous—pockmarked with potholes, broken lanes, recent roadworks, and even deer by the side of the road, according to The Sun. Known as the Rias Bajas, it is notorious for accidents. Built in 1998, it is said to see more crashes than any other in the region, with the central government representative for the province of Zamora, Angel Blanco, branding it 'very dangerous'. The year 2023 alone saw 19 accidents on the dual carriageway, which is full of high-speed bends, with an average of 1.5 deaths per incident. According to Cope, many of those accidents came during optimal conditions, such as dry road surfaces, good visibility, flowing traffic and natural light. At night, visibility is poor and the road's route through mountainous and forested areas leads to frequent patches of fog. Has human error been ruled out? Officials insist no other vehicle was involved, and that neither drunk driving nor distraction appear to have been factors. It is not known for certain which man was driving, but the car was leased in Jota's name. Did the long, late-night drive put Jota in harm's way? Jota had been advised by doctors not to fly after recent lung surgery—and so opted for the Lamborghini and ferry route. Jota's Respiratory physiotherapist Miguel Goncalves, who works at Hospital Sao Joao, in Porto, said he had last seen Jota at around 8.30pm, and the brothers were planning to drive at night because it was cooler. He strongly denied any suggestion they had been partying, calling his patient an 'unparalleled professional'. The physio said he was 'excited, confident in his recovery and enthusiastic' for the upcoming season. 'I said goodbye to him and his brother Andre at around 8:30pm. His brother was a great companion and decided to go with him, to accompany him on the trip, and that way they would also spend more time together,' Goncalves told Portuguese outlet Record. 'They were going to travel at night because it was cooler, but they weren't going direct. 'He told me that the journey would take about eight hours, but that they would stop at a hotel in the Burgos area to rest. Diogo was very aware of his professionalism. They were only supposed to arrive in Santander today (Thursday), catch the boat and then go to England. 'The family would arrive later by plane, organise their lives over the weekend and then, on Monday, they had a medical appointment scheduled in Liverpool to assess the situation. The overnight ferry from Santander to Portsmouth would still have left Jota with a lengthy five-hour drive to Liverpool, but with a cabin on the 30-hour ferry crossing, at least he and his brother would have had plenty of time to rest. It is believed very likely that Jota's dedicated player liaison officer at Liverpool FC would have been completely aware of his travel plans in detail. Jota had been due to return to pre-season training with Liverpool on Monday (July 7) ahead of the Reds' first warm-up fixture for the new season, against Preston North End on July 13. Could the supercar itself have had hidden faults? While there is no indication that Jota's car had had a troubled history, the Huracán model was plagued with safety-related recalls over the decade it was produced between 2014-2024. Lamborghini models have previously faced recalls over tyre pressure systems and structural components. In 2024, 39 cars were recalled in the US with Lamborghini reportedly admitting that a crash protection bracket may have been installed incorrectly due to human error, The Sun reports. The year before, 7,805 Huracán models built between July 30 2014 and October 30 2023 were also recalled due to a headlight issue that could reduce driver visibility for oncoming traffic.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FA Discussing Community Shield Tribute for Liverpool's Diogo Jota
Liverpool and FA Discuss Fitting Tribute for Diogo Jota at Community Shield The heartache still hangs heavy over Anfield. Diogo Jota, the relentless forward who became a fan favourite with his sharp movement and quiet steel, has tragically passed away. Alongside his brother, André Silva, Jota was killed in a car crash in Spain earlier this week. The impact on Liverpool Football Club and the wider footballing community has been profound. Advertisement Now, as the shock begins to settle into grief, the Football Association is expected to consult with Liverpool about a tribute during the upcoming FA Community Shield at Wembley. Community Shield Set to Honour Jota's Legacy Scheduled for August 10, the FA Community Shield will mark the beginning of a new season, but this year's curtain-raiser will carry a very different tone. According to a BBC report, the FA is in dialogue with Liverpool over how best to honour Jota during the occasion. It's a gesture that reflects just how deeply the Portugal international was respected. Whether it was through a moment of silence, a commemorative display, or the wearing of black armbands, the intention is clear — to pay proper respects to a man who left everything on the pitch and was taken far too soon. Advertisement Tragedy on Spanish Roads The crash that claimed the lives of Diogo and André occurred at around 12:30 AM local time on the A-52 motorway near Zamora, in the municipality of Cernadilla. The brothers were in a Lamborghini when, according to Spanish police, the vehicle veered off the road after a suspected tyre blowout while overtaking. André Silva, 25, was a professional footballer with Penafiel in Portugal's second tier. The footballing world has mourned the loss of both men, with tributes pouring in from across Europe and beyond. At the UEFA Women's European Championship clash between Spain and Portugal, a minute of silence was observed before kick-off on Thursday evening. Salah's Moving Tribute Among those mourning most deeply are Jota's Liverpool teammates. Mohamed Salah, who has shared a frontline with Jota over the past few seasons, posted an emotional tribute on social media: Advertisement 'I am truly lost for words. Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break.' 'Team mates come and go but not like this. It's going to be extremely difficult to accept that Diogo won't be there when we go back.' 'My thoughts are with his wife, his children, and of course his parents who suddenly lost their children.' 'Those close to Diogo and his brother Andre need all the support they can get. They will never be forgotten.' That final line cuts deep, because it's true. They won't be forgotten. Diogo Jota gave Liverpool his best years, delivering goals and graft without ever asking for the spotlight. Whatever tribute is agreed for Wembley, it will be about more than football. It will be about the life, the loss, and the love from a club and city that will always call him one of their own.
