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  • 7/4/2025
Portugal Women's boss Francisco Neto reflects on his relationship with Diogo Jota, following his death aged 28
Transcript
00:00Diogo follows our team because he loves the country.
00:06I have been assistant coach of under-19 in elite rounds when Diogo was under-19 and we meet there.
00:17And since there we keep the contact during the close camps when we were together in the close camp when we cross the women's team and the men's team.
00:28When I talk with Diogo in that moment, Diogo always knows the result of Portugal.
00:37He follows the team, some players and this is the culture that we have in Portugal.
00:44Everyone likes the success of all the teams.
00:49It's a culture that we are building inside our federation and this is part of what we are as a country.
00:58And today is a really, really sad day because one of us, two of us lost our lives so young and this is not a good day.
01:13And of course, if we have the possibility to change everything, we will change for sure, but it's a hard day for us.
01:22If we have the journey of one of us.

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