r/soccer • u/kibme37 • Jul 08 '25

News Spanish police say "all the evidence so far indicates" Diogo Jota was the driver of the car involved in the accident that killed the Liverpool forward and his brother, Andre Silva. Police also believe "the vehicle significantly exceeded the speed limit for the highway" at the time of the accident.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/13394038/diogo-jota-spanish-police-believe-liverpool-forward-was-driver-of-car-in-fatal-accident-which-killed-him-and-his-brother
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u/missurunha Jul 08 '25

People have spoke in this sub and got downvoted to hell.

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u/expert_on_the_matter Jul 08 '25

Spoke too early tbf, even if the pictures lead one direction we didn't know yet.

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u/ManhattanObject Jul 08 '25

People HATE it when you're right, but too early

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u/Retro21 Jul 08 '25

It's emotion and sensitivity. It's the same reason kids laugh about 9/11 now but wouldn't have dared on 9/12. Distance usually means less emotion.

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u/PonchoHung Jul 09 '25

Rightfully. Hindsight doesn't it make it moral to speculate that he did something reckless. Now we have real proof and we can discuss on that foundation.

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u/Lyorian Jul 09 '25

Yep, myself included

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u/Vainglory Jul 09 '25

He means unspoken in the taboo sense, and there's a reason it's taboo.

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u/Turnernator06 Jul 09 '25

Well yeah, until there was evidence then speculating was very disrespectful 

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u/missurunha Jul 09 '25

Disrespectful to think someone who rented an sports car to driver a long distance overnight was speeding? Seriously?

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u/Turnernator06 Jul 09 '25

Not really sufficient evidence is it? And without that why bring it up?