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Cristiano Ronaldo has justified his decision not to attend the funeral of Diogo Jota, the Liverpool and Portugal forward who tragically died in a car accident last July .

Jota, along with his brother Andre Silva, was en route to the port city of Santander to catch a ferry back to the UK when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames near Zamora, Spain, following a tyre blowout.

Just two days after confirmation of Jota and Silva's deaths, a funeral was held in their hometown of Gondomar, Portugal, attended by several former teammates. However, one prominent name was missing from the attendees - Ronaldo, who had played alongside Jota in the Portugal national team for six years, chose not to attend.

Ronaldo has now explained his absence from the funera

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