Diogo Costa devoted Porto‘s Primeira Liga title win to former team-mate Diogo Jota after they secured the crown with a 1-0 victory over Alverca on Saturday.
Jan Bednarek scored the one objective of the sport to clinch the title in entrance of their house followers at Estadio do Dragao after each Benfica and Sporting CP dropped factors.
Afterwards as they celebrated the title, Costa donned a Porto shirt bearing the identify of former Porto, Wolves and Liverpool ahead Jota, who was tragically killed in a automobile accident that additionally claimed the lifetime of his brother Andre Silva final July.
Costa’s tribute was shared on Instagram by Jota’s widow, Rute Cardoso.
Talking to a reporter, Costa, who performed alongside Jota for Portugal, stated: “[This is for] our Portista [Porto fan] and pricey Diogo Jota and his brother. For me, he was a nationwide team-mate, however he additionally performed right here.
“I knew he was an enormous Portista and we wish to dedicate this league trophy to him, his brother and their household.”
Final 12 months was an emotional one for Porto, whose legendary former president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa died in February 2025. Former defender Jorge Costa, who was a part of the facet that gained the Champions League in 2004 and took over as director of soccer in 2024, died on the age of 53 after struggling a cardiac arrest on the membership’s coaching floor in August final 12 months.
“There’s a lot to say, a lot to recollect,” Costa added in an interview with Sport TV. “Our Jorge, our president, personally, Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva… It’s a mixture of unhappiness and happiness on the identical time.
“This morning, once I wakened, I felt, it was virtually as if I knew one thing good was going to occur, as a result of we deserve it and I believe we did every thing for it.”
