{"id":71783,"date":"2025-07-07T05:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=71783"},"modified":"2025-07-07T05:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:55:13","slug":"raul-jimenez-pays-touching-tribute-to-diogo-jota-after-scoring-goal-against-usmnt-in-gold-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/raul-jimenez-pays-touching-tribute-to-diogo-jota-after-scoring-goal-against-usmnt-in-gold-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico\u2019s Raul Jimenez Pays Touching Tribute to Diogo Jota After Scoring Goal Against USMNT in Gold Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico striker Raul Jimenez delivered a heartfelt tribute to his late friend and former teammate Diogo Jota during Mexico&rsquo;s Gold Cup final triumph over the United States in Houston. Before kickoff at NRG Stadium, Jimenez walked onto the pitch wearing a Mexico jersey with &ldquo;Diogo J 20&rdquo; on the back, honoring the Liverpool and Portugal forward.<\/p><p>Diogo Jota tragically passed away in a car accident last week alongside his brother Andre. Jota and Jimenez shared two seasons together at Wolves and builded a close bond during their time in the Premier League. <\/p><p>Mexico conceded an early goal as Crystal Palace defender Chris Richards headed in from Sebastian Berhalter&rsquo;s free-kick. Mexico responded to the USMNT&rsquo;s early lead in the 27th minute of the game. Jimenez equalized for Mexico with a thunderous strike into the top corner. But it was his celebration that moved fans across the world.<\/p><p>Jimenez sat down on the turf and performed Jota&rsquo;s signature &ldquo;video game controller&rdquo; celebration while placing Jota&rsquo;s jersey across his lap. It was a moment that transcended the game itself, capturing the grief and love felt by the football community following Jota&rsquo;s untimely passing at the age of 28.<\/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\">Raul Jimenez hit Diogo Jota's FIFA celebration and held up a jersey with his name after equalizing for Mexico.<br><br>They played together for two seasons at Wolves &#10084;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0Po9VUDoo\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/V0Po9VUDoo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1942005669630029911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Did Diogo Jota&rsquo;s FIFA Celebration Mean?<\/h2><p>Diogo Jota&rsquo;s iconic &ldquo;video game controller&rdquo; celebration originated from his passion and skill for EA Sports FC (formerly known as FIFA). More than a casual gamer, Jota made headlines in April 2020 when he achieved a perfect 30-0 record in FUT Champions, placing him among the top 20 players globally in EA Sports FC&rsquo;s Ultimate Team mode.<\/p><p>His dedication didn&rsquo;t stop there. In 2022, Jota qualified for the FIFA Global Series Qualifier in Europe, going head-to-head with some of the world&rsquo;s best. Although Jota lost to 2017 world champion Gorilla in his debut match, his ability to compete at that level earned him widespread respect.<\/p><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimenez equalized for Mexico with a thunderous strike into the top corner and his celebration after the goal moved fans across the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":71793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[5673,8312,4780,5103,4761],"class_list":["post-71783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-concacaf-gold-cup-2025","tag-diogo-jota","tag-mexico","tag-raul-jimenez","tag-usmnt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mexico&rsquo;s Raul Jimenez Pays Touching Tribute to Diogo Jota After Scoring Goal Against USMNT in Gold Cup Final - 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