Cristiano Ronaldo explains Diogo Jota funeral snub after 'feeling good with my decision'

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Cristiano Ronaldo has explained why he didn't go to Diogo Jota's funeral, with the ex-Manchester United man making the decision not to attend alongside his Portugal teammatesCristiano Ronaldo has defended his decision NOT to attend Diogo Jota's funeral, after former the Liverpool and Portugal forward died in a horrific car accident back in July.Jota, who tragically passed away alongside his brother Andre Silva, was on his way to the port city of Santander to catch a ferry back to the UK when the Lamborghini he was travelling in spun off the road and burst into flames near the town of Zamora, Spain, following a tyre blowout while overtaking another vehicle.Just a matter of days after Jota and Silva's death, the funeral took place in their hometown of Gondomar, Portugal with several of their former teammates in attendance. Speaking in an interview with Piers Morgan, he said: "People criticised me a lot, I don't care about that because when you feel free you don't have to worry about what the people say.

But one of the things I don't do is, after my father died I have never been to a cemetery again."Second, and you know my reputation, wherever I go it's a circus. I didn't go also because if I go the attention goes to me and I don't want this kind of attention."I saw, and I'm not criticising it, when you go into a sensitive moment, you do interviews to speak about him and speak about football.

People can continue to criticise me, but I felt good with my decision."Even though Ronaldo didn't attend Jota's funeral, he paid tribute to the ex-Liverpool man and recalled the moment he found out about his death."I was with Geo (Georgina Rodriguez) alone," 40-year-old Ronaldo said. I didn't believe it when they sent me the messages.