Cristiano Ronaldo skipped the funeral of his teammate Diogo Jota and his brother on July 5 despite being the captain of the Portuguese national team.

Portuguese soccer star Diogo Jota and his brother, fellow footballer Andre Silva, were laid to rest on Saturday, two days after they were killed in a car crash. Jota, who played for Liverpool in the English Premier League since 2020 and was a member of the Portuguese national team since 2019,

Diogo Jota was laid to rest in Portugal with his Liverpool and international team-mates among those to attend the funeral after his tragic death.