Real Madrid blunder: tribute mix-up with wrong André Silva | OneFootball

What happened is truly incredible. During the Ordinary General Assembly of the Real Madrid members’ representatives, a video was shown in memory of all those who passed away in the last year. However, when showing the photos of Diogo Jota and his brother, the André Silva shown was not the brother of the former Liverpool player, but rather the striker from Elche. An unbelievable mistake for which Florentino Perez immediately wanted to apologize to the Spanish club.

André Silva from Elche mistaken for Diogo Jota’s brother: Florentino issues an apology

A blunder you wouldn’t expect from the management of one of the most important and decorated clubs in football history. Even the best can make mistakes, but this one was quite glaring. In fact, during the Ordinary General Assembly of the Real Madrid members’ representatives, Florentino Perez’s club projected images to pay tribute to all those who passed away in the past year. As was right, Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, who played in the lower Portuguese leagues and died on July 3rd in a car accident, were also included.

And here’s where things went wrong. Next to Jota, it wasn’t his brother’s photo, but that of another André Silva, namely the striker from Elche, who also had a spell at Milan. Immediate apologies were necessary from Real Madrid and Florentino Perez, who made sure to publicly apologize to the Spanish club, newly promoted to La Liga this year: “Real Madrid C. F. apologizes to Elche C. F. and its player André Silva for mistakenly including, in the obituary of an institutional video, his image instead of that of André Silva, brother of Diogo Jota, Liverpool player. We regret what happened.”

Francesco Landi

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