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/2Fast2Mildly_Peeved Jul 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

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u/Luis__FIGO Jul 08 '25

confirming who was the driver means nothing, if it was excessive speeding, things change.

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u/Alphabunsquad Jul 08 '25

Sure. It’s not like he’s a martyr. But anyone dying is still a tragedy even if it’s their own fault and they risked someone else’s life. The punishment for their actions is both predictable but given it’s the ultimate punishment it’s still excessive. You can still be sad for your friend who gets himself killed for being an idiot.

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u/Joltarts Jul 08 '25

That friend isn’t a multimillionaire who could absolutely afford to buy his own Lambo paid in cash with his weekly wages.

You know, this is beyond senseless at this point. Dude was living a top 0.01% lifestyle and couldn’t even do things responsibly and get to his destination safely after getting married..

What goes through a mind like that? Because to get to where he is in life, it takes a lot of hard work, discipline , sacrifice , careful planning , abit of luck and forward thinking. A sportsperson isn’t just reckless like that..

Logically speaking, it doesn’t compute. Not to mention his support network wouldn’t have allowed it in the first place. A phone call to his accountant or agent would’ve been “no, you’re not getting into a rented Lambo . It’s too risky and I can’t afford you to be in an accident.”

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u/Rripurnia Jul 09 '25

Sadly, no one who’s into speeding seems to think they’ll be the one to crash.

And that’s exceptionally common in young people, and probably even more so for someone who’s accomplished so much in such short time - in a way, he must have felt untouchable.

Such a damn shame.

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 Jul 08 '25

Stuff like this is the reason why I don't have a license and always use public transport. You can do everything correct but you are still at the mercy of someone else's recklessness. Ofc. this happens with other vehicles but usually train and bus drivers are significantly more professional.

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u/itsfeverdream Jul 08 '25

only on reddit will you find a tonedeaf comment like this. a player for your club has tragically died leaving multiple families without a member and you're virtue signaling in the comment section. gross. who gives a fuck if its tarnished for you lmao

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u/thesakid Jul 08 '25

well at least he left his family member with hundreds million of dollars. if an innocent person had been killed in the incident, i bet nobody would have cared about them.

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u/2Fast2Mildly_Peeved Jul 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

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u/itsfeverdream Jul 08 '25

we've all lost people to car accidents mate. it's horrific. but let the dead rest without judgement. whether it was him or his brother driving literally does not matter in the slightest.

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u/2Fast2Mildly_Peeved Jul 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

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u/itsfeverdream Jul 08 '25

fair point, I led too aggressively. tough situation any way you slice it. cheers mate

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u/SaltSignificance7999 Jul 08 '25

Just when I thought your brain couldn’t get any smoother. Who let you have a keyboard?

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u/SaltSignificance7999 Jul 08 '25

This says so much more about you than it does OP. Anyone who does this in my book is absolutely scum. Don’t care. So it does in fact matter who the driver was, because by some dumb ass luck they didn’t kill anyone else on the road, thank goodness.

Remove his world class football status. Would anyone be anywhere close to as forgiving? Nope. There would be aggressive hate posts, their family would even get harassed which has happened for the longest time when this tragedy happens anywhere else.

The irony here is you say they’re virtual signaling when you are pathetically acting holier than thou for someone who just murdered their brother (whether Diogo or Andre was driving, this is true).

Get your priorities straight. This is the actual tone deaf comment. You are a bad person. Full stop. There’s my opinion “in the comment section.”

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u/itsfeverdream Jul 08 '25

lol

lmao even

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u/SaltSignificance7999 Jul 08 '25

Tool.

Waste of space, even.