- Ousmane Dembele copied Diogo Jota’s gaming celebration after scoring
- Jota was arguably the gamer FIFA participant within the PL and had his personal e-sports crew
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Ousmane Dembele grew to become the newest footballer to pay his respects to Diogo Jota together with his objective celebration on Saturday night.
The Paris Saint-Germain ahead mimicked Jota’s trademark gaming celebration after netting in his aspect’s 2-0 Membership World Cup quarter-final win over Bayern Munich.
Tributes have flooded in from throughout the soccer world for Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 26, after their tragic deaths within the early hours of Thursday morning.
His former Liverpool team-mates and supervisor Arne Slot have been in attendance at his funeral in Gondomar, Portugal on Saturday.
Former Portugal team-mate Pedro Neto displayed a shirt in tributes to the pair earlier than Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Palmeiras, whereas Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves welled up with tears earlier than Al-Hilal’s 2-1 defeat by Fluminense.
Dembele and Jota have been by no means team-mates however the Frenchman was nonetheless keen to recollect him, copying the gaming celebration which the Liverpool star famously whipped out after scoring a 94th-minute winner towards Tottenham in 2023.
PSG star Ousmane Dembele paid tribute to Diogo Jota together with his objective celebration on Saturday
Diogo Jota loved a gaming celebration when he scored a late winner towards Spurs in 2023
The ahead was an enormous video gaming fan and as soon as gained a FIFA event amongst PL gamers
Jota was an enormous fan of video gaming and was one among soccer’s greatest advocates for e-sports.
In 2020, he beat Trent Alexander-Arnold within the ultimate of the FIFA 20 ePremier League Invitational.
Gamers had been invited to signify their golf equipment throughout lockdown on the event and Jota, nonetheless at Wolves, confirmed his future team-mate who the king of gaming was.
That event additionally included an 8-2 thrashing of Leicester Metropolis star Wilfred Ndidi – with Jota even scoring 4 targets with himself in the course of the extravaganza.
In 2021, he was ranked first on the earth for FIFA 21’s Champions Leaderboard in February.
The ahead even based his personal e-sports crew, Diogo Jota eSports, later rebranded to Luna Galaxy, and streamed himself enjoying on Twitch.
The lives of Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 26, have been tragically minimize quick on Thursday after their automobile accident.
The Portugal star had been travelling to Santander to catch a ferry after being suggested towards flying again to England after having lung surgical procedure.
Liverpool stars Jordan Henderson, Alexis Mac Allister and James Milner go away the funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot leaves the funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva
Folks participate in a funeral procession of Portuguese footballers and brothers Diogo Jota and Andre Silva in Gondomar
A whole lot of mourners gathered in Gondomar, Portugal on Friday the place a wake and a vigil have been held for the pair on the Sao Cosme Chapel.
Among the many crowd have been Bernando Silva, Diogo Dalot, Jota Silva, Liverpool’s chief government of soccer Michael Edwards and sporting director Richard Hughes, Jota’s spouse Rute Cardoso, and his heartbroken household.
In the meantime, over in Liverpool, followers and gamers turned up outdoors Anfield to put flowers and scarves in reminiscence of a latest title-winning hero who had spent 5 years on the membership.
On Saturday, his fellow Liverpool stars, supervisor Arne Slot, and others turned out alongside his family members for his funeral in Gondomar, Portugal.
Final than two weeks in the past, Jota married the love of his life and mom of his three kids Rute Cardoso.
