Remembering Diogo Jota

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tony Evans, James Pearce and Simon Hughes reflect on the tragically sad news Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28 along with his brother Andre Silva.

The brothers were travelling by car in Spain when their vehicle left the carriageway and burst into flames in the early hours of Thursday morning.

In this episode, we pay tribute to Diogo Jota sharing memories of the person and the player. The Athletic's Tim Spiers, who covered Wolverhampton Wanderers when Jota initially moved to England also shares his memories having interviewed him a number of times during his time at Molineux.

Host: Tony Evans

With: James Pearce, Simon Hughes and Tim Spiers

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

Producer: Guy Clarke

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:07.7	Ayo Akemu Lera here.
0:10.0	Coming up, we'll hear the latest episode of our Liverpool podcast Walk On,
0:14.6	paying tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother, Andresilva.
0:19.0	The thoughts of everyone here at the Athletic
0:21.4	are with the family
0:22.5	and also those impacted by the tragic event.
0:35.4	I used to say this, I think timing as an offensive player is everything.
0:40.3	Diaz, sweet touch, shot her.
0:43.3	The way you can predict what's going to happen.
0:47.3	The Reds pass through on Dhabi Knight.
0:50.3	If you do that and you react first, it's hard to stop.
0:55.0	And it's Diogo Jota who gets the run and provides the finish.
0:59.0	Oh, it's another memorable moment provided by Diogo Jota.
1:04.0	Oh!
1:05.0	Oh, it's going to go to Sampi!
1:08.0	Towards Diogo Jota, who's inside the penalty area and scores.
1:13.6	Absolutely incredible!
1:16.6	I just want to live my life and try to be happy.
1:32.8	Tony Evans here at Walk On, your Liverpool podcast from The Athletic.
1:37.2	Sam News and James Pierce are here with me as we react to the shocking news that Diogo Jota
1:43.0	and his brother Andrei Silver were killed in Spain.
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