Arne Slot, Liverpool’s head coach, said that while his side will miss Diogo, both as a footballer and as a human being, they would never use the death of his teammate as an excuse to achieve poor results. Andy Robertson, Scotland captain, admitted he had been “in bits” prior to the match, thinking about his ex-teammate who was killed in a car crash with his brother Andre Silva last July.Robertson said, “I just couldn’t take my friend Diogo out of my mind today.””We talked so much about going the World Cup since he missed it with Portugal and i did with Scotland. I’m sure he will be smiling at me today.Slot told me on Friday, “I watched the interview live, and I know it’s a concern for us. That is totally normal.”I think that it’s good to remember him as often as possible, because of what a great player and person he was.But it’s…
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