{"id":14753,"date":"2025-07-05T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/neves-and-cancelo-duel-and-grief-at-jotas-funeral-after-cwc-match\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:12:55","slug":"neves-and-cancelo-duel-and-grief-at-jotas-funeral-after-cwc-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/neves-and-cancelo-duel-and-grief-at-jotas-funeral-after-cwc-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Neves and Cancelo: Duel and Grief at Jota&#8217;s Funeral After CWC Match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Football World Mourns: A Tribute to Diogo Jota<\/h2>\n\n\nIn an act of deep sorrow and solidarity, Al Hilal players R\u00faben Neves and Jo\u00e3o Cancelo traveled to Portugal to attend the funeral of their former teammate Diogo Jota. The news of Jota&#8217;s death, along with his brother, shocked the football world, generating a wave of condolences and tributes.\n\nThe tragic loss occurred after a car accident in Spain. The impact of this news was evident during the Club World Cup quarter-final match against Fluminense, where an emotional minute of silence was observed.\n\nR\u00faben Neves, a close friend of Jota, was one of the pallbearers at the funeral. The closeness between the two players, who shared a locker room, was reflected in Neves&#8217; heartfelt words and his presence in this moment of pain.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>More than a friendship, we are family, and we are not going to stop being family just because you have decided to sign a contract a little further away from us!<\/p><cite>R\u00faben Neves<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe football world united in mourning, with figures like Cristiano Ronaldo and Steven Gerrard, as well as the Prime Ministers of Portugal and Great Britain, expressing their condolences.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0705%2Fr1515163_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00faben Neves en el funeral de Diogo Jota.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>R\u00faben Neves served as a pallbearer for Diogo Jota.<\/em>\n\nThe match between Al Hilal and Fluminense was preceded by a minute of silence in memory of the brothers. Neves, who shared the field with Jota at Wolverhampton Wanderers, shared an emotional message on his social media.\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post Title<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0705%2Fr1515164_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00faben Neves en el funeral de Diogo Jota.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>R\u00faben Neves photographed at Diogo Jota&#8217;s funeral.<\/em>\n\nPedro Neto, Chelsea player, also paid tribute to his friends, wearing a jersey with their names before the match against Palmeiras.\n\nChelsea coach Enzo Maresca highlighted Neto&#8217;s decision to play and the effort made, dedicating the victory to the player as a sign of support.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Football World Mourns: A Tribute to Diogo Jota In an act of deep sorrow and solidarity, Al Hilal players R\u00faben Neves and Jo\u00e3o Cancelo traveled to Portugal to attend the funeral of their former teammate Diogo Jota. The news of Jota&#8217;s death, along with his brother, shocked the football world, generating a wave of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[5256,5327,969,5372],"class_list":{"0":"post-14753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-diogo-jota","9":"tag-funeral","10":"tag-portugal","11":"tag-ruben-neves"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}