Mexico striker Raúl Jiménez paid tribute to former teammate Diogo Jota after scoring a objective towards the United States on the Gold Cup.
Jota was killed alongside along with his brother, André Silva, in a automotive crash close to Zamora, Spain, within the early hours of Thursday morning.
Jiménez, who performed two seasons at Wolverhampton Wanderers with Jota from 2018 to 2020, scored within the twenty seventh minute and through his celebration grabbed a Mexico jersey exhibiting Jota’s identify and his No. 20 on the again earlier than taking a seat on the sphere and exhibiting the shirt to the cameras.
The companies for Jota and his brother have been held Saturday morning in Gondomar, Portugal.
Throughout Saturday’s information convention forward of the match, Jiménez mentioned Jota was a “nice teammate who was with me for 2 years there at Wolves, with whom I repeatedly stored in contact.
“We shared very stunning moments.”
Mexico went on to win the sport 2-1 to elevate its tenth Gold Cup title.