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The reason why superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr) did not attend the funeral of his Portugal national team colleague Diogo Jota, who died suddenly was 'Trauma'.
Ronaldo was on the receiving end of his mouth because he did not attend the funeral of Jota and his brother in Gondomar, Portugal. Just in June, a colleague who collaborated to win the 2024-2025 European Nations League died in a car accident on a Spanish highway, a response that, unlike many other colleagues, did not understand not coming to the funeral in person. Some called it 'No Show'
On the 5th (local time), the Portuguese daily 『Hecord" reported the reason for the absence in an article titled 『Why Ronaldo did not attend Jota's funeral』. The media reported that `Ronaldo's absence from the funeral could be due to personal problems arising from the emotional trauma he suffered when his father Jose Diniz Abeyru passed away in September 2005' and that `Ronaldo, who heard of his death in a match between Portugal and Russia in Moscow, then prioritized paying his respects carefully. This is how he overcomes his sorrows.
British media 'Mirror' said Ronaldo did not attend because his appearance could disrupt the focus of the funeral.
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'Hecord' continued 'Ronaldo supported Bhutto Jota's bereaved family the moment he heard the news of the accident. 'I immediately expressed my condolences publicly and conveyed my intention to pay close attention to the bereaved, and to spare all necessary resources, even if the tragedy was forgotten, through other channels,' he added. Regardless of whether he attended the funeral or not, he offered a helping hand to the steering.
Shortly after the death of Jota, Ronaldo said "This doesn't make sense. We played for the national team together, and you just got married. My deepest condolences to your family, wife and children. You will always be with us. Rest in peace, Diogo, and Andre. We will all miss you."
There was a wave of remembrance in the soccer world. Paris Saint-Germain striker Usman Dembele and Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe scored goals at the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025 held on the 6th of Korean time and held a ceremony in memory of Jota. Mbappe expressed '20', which means Jota's uniform number during his lifetime against Borussia Dortmund, and Dembele followed Jota's lifetime ceremony against Bayern Munich.
Jota's team Liverpool announced that it would pay the bereaved family a two-year salary, the remaining contract period, and decided to permanently cancel the uniform number 20. Jota joined Liverpool in 2020 after playing for Atletico Madrid, Porto and Wolverhampton and played a total of 182 games, helping his team win the Premier League and the FA Cup.
Jota was traveling with his brother to northwestern Spain when a tire burst and all died before rescue teams arrived.
Jota died in a car accident on the 3rd. Local media reported 'The car with the Jota brothers on board was overtaking another vehicle when it came off the road with a burst tire and went up in flames," he said of the accident.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
