{"id":260801,"date":"2025-07-13T05:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T05:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260801\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T05:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T05:39:28","slug":"how-liverpool-plan-to-honour-diogo-jota-on-a-hugely-emotional-afternoon-at-deepdale-writes-dominic-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260801\/","title":{"rendered":"How Liverpool plan to honour Diogo Jota on a hugely emotional afternoon at Deepdale, writes DOMINIC KING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-184\/dominic-king.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOMINIC KING<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  17:15 EDT, 12 July 2025   |  Updated:  18:37 EDT, 12 July 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/liverpool\/index.html\" id=\"mol-6024b880-5f5a-11f0-9c09-3fc4383f0a20\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> are braced for a hugely emotional afternoon as they play the first game since the car crash that claimed the life of their striker <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/diogo-jota\/index.html\" id=\"mol-60292550-5f5a-11f0-9c09-3fc4383f0a20\" rel=\"noopener\">Diogo Jota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When the opening pre-season fixture against Preston was announced, it was anticipated it would be a joyous affair and the first opportunity for fans to see the newly-crowned <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-602fdc10-5f5a-11f0-9c09-3fc4383f0a20\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The fixture at Deepdale, however, will be a totally different occasion after Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, were killed in an accident in Northern Spain on July 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A minute\u2019s silence will be observed before kick-off at 3pm and digital tributes will be displayed on the screen and across pitch side LEDs. Both sets of players will wear black armbands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Preston\u2019s team will lay a wreath in front of the away end and You\u2019ll Never Walk Alone will be sung ahead of the game for the brothers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Liverpool retired Jota\u2019s Number 20 shirt after consulting with his widow, Rute, and his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b87f46dbe5ecd1be\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100256781-0-image-a-38_1752350077037.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Liverpool are braced for an emotional afternoon as they play the first game since the car crash\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Liverpool are braced for an emotional afternoon as they play the first game since the car crash<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a18bae700c7cd00a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100256821-0-image-a-39_1752350080138.jpg\" height=\"619\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Liverpool have announced that they will retire Diogo Jota's number 20 from all of their teams\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Liverpool have announced that they will retire Diogo Jota&#8217;s number 20 from all of their teams<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-98445110a73a141d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100256805-0-image-a-37_1752350072674.jpg\" height=\"298\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Deepdale fixture will be a different occasion after Jota and his brother, Andre Silva died\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Deepdale fixture will be a different occasion after Jota and his brother, Andre Silva died<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        How Liverpool plan to honour Diogo Jota on a hugely emotional afternoon at Deepdale, writes DOMINIC KING<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By DOMINIC KING Published: 17:15 EDT, 12 July 2025 | Updated: 18:37 EDT, 12 July 2025 Liverpool are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,92,18517,393,94,4884,179,93,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-260801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-diogo-jota","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114844320778699989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}