Diogo Jota's heartbreaking speech shared by wife on wedding anniversary

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Liverpool FC NewsDiogo JotaDiogo Jota tragically died in a car crash alongside his brother Andre Silva last July, and his wife Rute Cardoso has shared a touching memory of the Liverpool iconRute Cardoso shared Diogo Jota's wedding speech on the anniversary of their marriage(Image: Instagram/rutecfcardoso14)Diogo Jota's wife, Rute Cardoso, took to social media to share the Liverpool legend's wedding speech to mark their anniversary.Jota, who tragically lost his life in a car accident alongside his brother Andre Silva last July, wed his childhood sweetheart on June 22 last year. The couple had been in a relationship for more than a decade and were parents to three children at the time of their marriage.The pair celebrated the happy day surrounded by their loved ones, but less than a fortnight later, the Portuguese forward died on July 3 in Zamora, Spain.

Precisely one year after their wedding, Rute posted to Instagram on Monday to share footage of Jota's touching speech to her.The Reds icon said in the clip: "Where the future takes us, maybe there's someone here who knows better than I do."But the truth is, I don't know, and it doesn't really matter to me as long as I'm with you. I love you forever, my 'Branquinha.'"Jota's memory has remained powerful as it nears one year since his devastating passing, with his Portugal colleagues keeping him in their thoughts at the World Cup.Jota died last July(Image: Getty Images)Roberto Martinez's players are sporting a commemorative wristband throughout the competition that displays every name in the 26-man party, along with Jota's.The wristbands were gifted to the Portugal squad by the country's Prime Minister, Luis Montenegro.Ahead of the team's 1-1 opening fixture against DR Congo, Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal midfielder Vitinha said: "Basically, the story of the wristband is, when we went to meet with the Prime Minister, he offered us this wristband."They made sure that it was a wristband that we could wear on the pitch."It has all the specifics for us to be able to enter the pitch with it, with the name of all the players plus the special name of Diogo Jota."He let us choose if we wanted to use it or not, how (we use it), during the day or during the match."We received it with a lot of affection and we chose to use it."Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Diogo JotaLiverpool FC