{"id":374768,"date":"2025-12-29T08:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374768\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T08:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:33:18","slug":"jotas-widow-expresses-gratitude-to-liverpool-fans-for-outpouring-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374768\/","title":{"rendered":"Jota\u2019s widow expresses gratitude to Liverpool fans for outpouring of love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Jota-s-widow-expresses-gratitude-to-Liverpool-fans-for-outpouring-of-love-2015579?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/83188209.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jota\u2019s wife was at Anfield to thank Liverpool\" title=\"Jota\u2019s wife was at Anfield to thank Liverpool\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <\/a>Jota\u2019s wife was at Anfield to thank Liverpool<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The widow of footballer Diogo Jota has thanked Liverpool fans for their &#8220;love&#8221; in &#8220;this incredibly difficult time&#8221; after he died in a car crash.<\/p>\n<p>Rute Cardoso posted a message on Instagram after two of the couple&#8217;s three children led tributes before Liverpool&#8217;s game against Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>His sons Dinis and Duarte joined the matchday mascots on the Anfield pitch before the Premier League game on Saturday. Jota played for both clubs.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Portugal forward, 28, was killed in a car crash in Spain in July, alongside his 25-year-old brother Andre Silva.<\/p>\n<p>His Lamborghini suffered a tyre blow-out, crashing and catching fire in Cernadilla in the Zamora province of Spain.<\/p>\n<p>His widow said in an Instagram message: &#8220;From the bottom of my heart, thank you to the club and to all the fans for the love, respect and support shown during this incredibly difficult time.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;Your messages and gestures have meant more than words can express.&#8221;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJota&#8217;s sons led the Liverpool team out of the tunnel before Saturday&#8217;s Premier League game, and walked out ahead of captain Virgil van Dijk.<\/p>\n<p>A banner which read: &#8220;Diogo Jota, forever in our hearts&#8221; was held aloft in the Kop stand before kick-off.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJota joined Wolves on an initial season-long loan deal from Atletico Madrid in 2017 and went on to score 44 goals in 131 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He scored 65 goals in 182 appearances for Liverpool, helping them win the FA Cup and EFL Cup in 2022 and the Premier League title last season.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Merseyside club retired Jota&#8217;s number 20 shirt following his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jota\u2019s wife was at Anfield to thank Liverpool The widow of footballer Diogo Jota has thanked Liverpool fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-374768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}