{"id":15659,"date":"2025-07-03T20:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=612621"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:42:58","slug":"qepd-lionel-messi-pays-tribute-to-diogo-jota-following-tragic-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/qepd-lionel-messi-pays-tribute-to-diogo-jota-following-tragic-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018QEPD\u2019: Lionel Messi pays tribute to Diogo Jota following tragic car accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"536\">In a heartfelt gesture, football legend Lionel Messi took to Instagram to mourn the tragic passing of Portuguese forward Diogo Jota. Posting a black-and-white image of Jota with the words \u201cQEPD\u201d (short for <em data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"430\">Que En Paz Descanse<\/em>, Spanish for \u201cRest in Peace\u201d), Messi joined the global football community in expressing shock and sorrow.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-612624 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-03-at-8.03.09-PM-e1751553637743-587x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"732\">The image, shared just moments ago by Messi, shows Jota from behind, wearing his iconic number 20 Liverpool jersey, arms raised in a heart gesture\u2014a tribute filled with both respect and emotion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"1008\">Though Messi and Jota never shared club colors, their careers intersected on the international stage and in the broader football world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1241\">Diogo Jota, known for his incredible energy, versatility, and knack for scoring crucial goals, was admired by fans and players alike. His sudden passing has left a deep void not just at Liverpool FC, but in hearts around the globe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1440\">As fans continue to lay flowers, scarves, and heartfelt messages outside Anfield, Messi\u2019s post serves as a solemn reminder of football\u2019s power to unite people through moments of both joy and grief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartfelt gesture, football legend Lionel Messi took to Instagram to mourn the tragic passing of Portuguese forward Diogo\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":36774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2551,487],"class_list":["post-15659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-diogo-jota","tag-lionel-messi"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}