Andy Robertson carries Diogo Jota's World Cup dream

Seconds from time in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Manchester City at Anfield on October 16, 2022, Diogo Jota pulled up with a calf problem that would sideline him for months and rule him out of Portugal's 2022 World Cup. Jurgen Klopp said Jota "knew it" when they carried him off, and the forward later wrote that "one of my dreams collapsed," vowing to support club and country from the sidelines.

Andy Robertson suffered his own qualifying heartbreak when Scotland lost the play-off semi-final to Ukraine and missed out on Qatar. He admitted the team "didn't really show up" and found it hard to watch the tournament, taking time away from football; those shared frustrations brought Robertson and Jota closer as they navigated the disappointment together.

Tragedy struck on July 3, 2025, when Jota and his brother Andre Silva died in a car accident in Zamora, Spain. Robertson paid moving tribute, saying the family's loss "is too much to bear" and describing Jota as "my mate...

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