{"id":70991,"date":"2025-07-04T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=70991"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:55:18","slug":"chelsea-player-could-miss-club-world-cup-quarterfinal-following-diogo-jotas-untimely-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/chelsea-player-could-miss-club-world-cup-quarterfinal-following-diogo-jotas-untimely-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Player &#8216;Could Miss&#8217; Club World Cup Quarterfinal Following Diogo Jota\u2019s Untimely Demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has confirmed it will be entirely up to attacker Pedro Neto to decide whether he features in Saturday&rsquo;s Club World Cup quarterfinal against Palmeiras, following the tragic death of his friend and former teammate, Diogo Jota.<\/p><p>Jota, 28, and his brother, Andre Silva, died in a car crash in northwest Spain in the early hours of Thursday morning. The incident sent shockwaves across the football community. Jota, who was playing for Liverpool, had previously lined up alongside Neto for Portugal and Wolves, and the two shared a close bond on and off the pitch.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pedro Is Very Sad: Enzo Maresca<\/h2><p>Speaking to the media in Miami, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca revealed that Pedro Neto was deeply affected by the news and did not train with the squad in their final session ahead of the quarterfinal. The Chelsea manager added that the club would grant Neto indefinite compassionate leave if he wished to step away during this period of grief.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; Pedro Neto has been excused from training today and likely won't feature at all against Palmeiras tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MEnaY4plMZ\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/MEnaY4plMZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zeno (@CFCZeno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFCZeno\/status\/1940798618845565300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Maresca said,<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very sad day. I struggle to find words, you feel a little bit helpless in this kind of situation, and the only thing I can say is all my love to his family and it&rsquo;s a big tragedy for them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;Then, in terms of Pedro, he&rsquo;s very sad, probably more than sad, but we are also close to Pedro to support him in this moment. It&rsquo;s completely Pedro&rsquo;s decision (whether he plays). I had a chat this morning with Pedro. We support him. Any decision he will take is the correct one, and we are going to support him in any case. &ldquo;We will see how he is feeling tomorrow, it doesn&rsquo;t matter if he will be on the pitch or not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><p>Meanwhile, Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella also acknowledged the emotional weight Neto is carrying as the team prepared for their clash with Palmeiras. Cucurella also shares a good friendship with Neto and the defender revealed that he spent some time with Jota on Thursday morning.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; Maresca says Pedro Neto is very sad and it will be down to the player to decide if he wants to play vs Palmeiras, the club are supporting him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IoAI0F6ubP\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/IoAI0F6ubP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pys (@CFCPys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFCPys\/status\/1940926074877366610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Chelsea face Palmeiras on Saturday with a place in the Club World Cup semi-finals on the line. 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