Cristiano Ronaldo skipped Diogo Jota's funeral as the football world said their goodbyes to the fallen Liverpool star and his brotherRonaldo, who is the captain of the Portuguese national team, was expected to lead the nation in sending off his teammateJota and his brother lost their lives in a fatal car crash in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora on their way from PortoCristiano Ronaldo was a conspicuous absentee from the joint funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother,

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.