Ливерпүүл Диого Жотаг үргэлж санан дурсах болно
Ливерпүүлийн дасгалжуулагч Арне Слот багийнхаа довтлогч Диого Жотагийн гэнэтийн үхлийн дараах анхны тоглолтдоо бэлдэж буйгаа мэдэгдлээ. Жота, 28 настай, түүний дүү Андре Силва, 25 настай, нар Испанийн хойд хэсэгт болсон авто ослоор амь үрэгдсэн юм.
Хөлбөмбөгийн ертөнц даяар Жотагийн дурсгалыг хүндэтгэн олон хүндэтгэлийн үгс ирсээр байгаа бөгөөд Ливерпүүл түүний өмсдөг байсан 20 дугаарыг хүндэтгэл үзүүлэн зодог тайлж буйгаа зарлалаа. Ливерпүүл багийнхан Престон Норт Энд багтай Дийпдэйл цэнгэлдэх хүрээлэнд ням гарагт болох нөхөрсөг тоглолтын өмнө Жотаг дурсах болно.
Ливерпүүлийн хувьд талбайд эргэн гарах нь тоглогчдод хүндхэн байх нь ойлгомжтой ч, Слотын үзэж буйгаар Жотагийн дурсгалыг зүрхэндээ хадгалж явах нь хүнд хэцүү мөчүүдэд тустай байх болно гэжээ.
“Бид түүнийг үргэлж зүрх сэтгэлдээ, бодол санаандаа хадгалж явах болно. Ялангуяа хүнд хэцүү мөчүүдэд,” хэмээн Слот Престонтой хийх тоглолтын өмнө LFC TV-д ярьжээ. “Түүний өмсдөг байсан дугаарыг зодог тайлах нь бидний хийж чадах, хийх ёстой зүйл байсан юм.”
Слот Жотагийн амьдралын сүүлийн саруудад тэрээр бүх зүйлд аварга байсан гэдгийг онцлон тэмдэглэв. “Тэр гэр бүлдээ аварга байсан, учир нь тэр гэрлэсэн. Улсаа төлөөлөн Үндэстнүүдийн лигт түрүүлсэн, тэрээр улсынхаа далбааг үргэлж бахархалтайгаар авч явдаг байсан. Мөн бидний хувьд Премьер лигт түрүүлсэн аварга байсан.”
“Бидний анхны мэдрэмж бол гуниг. Харин дараагийн мэдрэмж бол бахархал. Түүний эцэг эх болон эхнэр Руте нь түүгээр бахархаж болно. Тэрээр гайхалтай тоглогч төдийгүй гайхалтай хүн байсан.”
Слот багийнхантайгаа ярилцаж, тэдний дунд Жотагийн талаар өндөр үнэлгээтэй, сайхан хүн байсан гэдгийг онцолсон байна. “Бидний багийнхан болон ажилтнууд түүнийг үргэлж өөрийнхөөрөө байсан гэдэгт санал нийлдэг. Тиймээс тэд түүнийг хэрхэн үнэлж байгааг сонсвол бахархах болно.”
“Манай фенүүд ч гэсэн манай багийн тоглогчдоор бахархаж болно. Тэд лигт түрүүлсэн нь гайхалтай амжилт байсан ч, өнгөрсөн долоо хоногт бид Португалд Жотагийн оршуулгад оролцохдоо хэрхэн нэгдмэл байж, өөрсдийгөө хэрхэн авч явсан нь үнэхээр гайхалтай байсан.”
Жотагийн үхлийн дараа хөлбөмбөг тоглох талаар Слот: “Бидэнд тохиолдсон зүйлтэй харьцуулахад юу ч чухал биш мэт санагдаж байна. Гэхдээ бид хөлбөмбөгийн клуб учраас бэлтгэл хийж, тоглолт хийх хэрэгтэй.”
“Би тоглогчдодоо хэлсэн, энд ч бас хэлж чадна. Зөв үг олох нь маш хэцүү. Бидний үйлдэлд юу тохиромжтой вэ? Бид дахин бэлтгэл хийж болох уу? Инээж болох уу? Буруу шийдвэр гарвал уурлаж болох уу?”
“Би тэдэнд хэлсэн, магадгүй бид энэ нөхцөл байдлыг Жотагийн байсан шигээр хандах нь хамгийн зөв байх. Жота үргэлж өөрийнхөөрөө байсан. Тиймээс бид ч бас өөрсдийнхөөрөө байхыг хичээе. Инээхийг хүсвэл инээ, уйлахыг хүсвэл уйл. Бэлтгэл хийхийг хүсвэл хий, хүсэхгүй бол хийхгүй байж болно. Гэхдээ өөрийнхөө мэдрэмжийг дага.”
“Жота бол багийн төлөө бүхнийг хийдэг тоглогч байсан. Хэрэв бид энэ хүнд үеийг даван туулахыг хүсвэл хамтдаа хийх хэрэгтэй.”
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‘We will always carry him with us’ – Liverpool boss makes Diogo Jota pledge ahead of pre-season return
Liverpool face Preston North End in a friendly on Sunday in their first game since Diogo Jota’s death.
Liverpool will always carry Diogo Jota in their hearts, manager Arne Slot said as his side prepare to play their first game since the forward’s tragic death.
Jota, 28, and brother Andre Silva, 25, were killed in a car accident in north-west Spain on July 3.
Tributes have since flooded in from across the football world, while Liverpool announced they will retire the number 20 worn by Jota in honour of the Portugal star.
The Reds will remember Jota before facing Preston North End in a pre-season friendly at Deepdale on Sunday.
Liverpool’s return to the pitch may understandably prove a difficult experience for their players, but Slot believes that keeping the memory of Jota alive in their hearts will be beneficial in the toughest moments.
“We will always carry him with us in our hearts, in our thoughts, wherever we go. Maybe especially in difficult moments,” Slot told LFC TV ahead of the game with Preston.
“But in any moment we are here, we will carry him with us in our thoughts and in our hearts. To retire his shirt is the one thing we could, should and have done.
“I think what I take comfort in (is that) in the last month of his life he was a champion in everything. A champion for his family, which is the main and most important thing, because he got married.
“We’ll always carry him with us” ❤️
Arne Slot with a heartfelt tribute to Diogo Jota.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 13, 2025
“A champion for his country because he won the Nations League, (with) a country that he cared about so much, because he also wore the flag when we had celebrations. And of course a champion for us by winning the Premier League.
“The first feeling we all have is of sadness. The second feeling that comes to my mind is pride. I think his parents and (Jota’s wife) Rute can be so proud of the player and the person he was – mainly the person.
“I’ve spoken to many of his team-mates, I’ve spoken to many staff members, and they all rate him so high and all say how nice of a person he was. That he was always himself. So they should and will be very proud if they could hear what all his team-mates and all the staff members would say about him.
“Second of all, I think our fans can be so proud about the players we have at this club. They’ve seen them winning the league, that was a great achievement, but what they did in the last week with the togetherness they had, how they conducted themselves when we were in Portugal (for Jota’s funeral) together, the fans couldn’t have asked for more from our players when it comes to how great human beings they are.
“Those are the two emotions. Of course, the first emotion of sadness is much stronger than the one of being proud. But it’s the both of them.”
On the prospect of playing football again following Jota’s death, Slot added: “Nothing seems to be important if we think of what has happened. But we are a football club and we need to train and we need to play again, if we want it or not.
“What I’ve said to the players, I can say it here as well. It’s very difficult to find the right words because we constantly debate what is appropriate. What is appropriate in our actions? What is appropriate (for) what we have to say? Can we train again? Can we laugh again? Can we be angry if there’s a wrong decision?
Forever our number 20… ❤️ pic.twitter.com/SKrbd8CMgE
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 11, 2025
“And I’ve said to them, maybe the best thing for us to do is handle this situation like Jota was. And what I meant with that is that Jota was always himself, it didn’t matter if he was talking to me, to his team-mates, to the staff, he was always himself.
“So let us try to be ourselves as well. So, if we want to laugh we laugh; if we want to cry we’re going to cry. If they want to train they can train, if they don’t want to train they can not train. But be yourself, don’t think you have to be different than your emotions tell you.
“Second of all, Jots was the player that if things were really, really, really difficult, I always looked at him and said ‘Now we need something special from you’. And he delivered so many times in those moments. I can come up with all of these moments, even before I was here he had many of these moments as well.
“So we are in a very difficult time, so let’s try to do what Diogo did so many times. If it’s so difficult then try a little bit harder or just keep on going and try to make it work.
“The last thing is that he was the player in our team I would say that mainly with him it was all about the team. And not only the players; also, like I said, the staff. If we want to go through this period we need to do this together.”
