Cristiano Ronaldo has said that fans who appeared to make chants referencing former teammate Diogo Jota at Ruben Neves during a Saudi Pro League match should be banned from football stadiums for life. The chants occurred on Saturday during a fixture between Al-Taawoun and Neves’s side Al-Hilal in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. Jota died on July 3, 2025, in a car crash in Zamora, northwestern Spain, along with his brother Andre Silva. A close friend of Jota, Neves was a pallbearer at his funeral. Footage filmed from the stands during the match and circulated on social media appeared to show supporters chanting “Jota”. The shouts attracted the attention of Neves, who pointed to his eye and then up to the sky in response.
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