Overview
- During Sunday’s ordinary general assembly, a slideshow intended to honor figures who died this year displayed the wrong André Silva.
- The video showed Elche forward André Silva in an RB Leipzig shirt instead of Diogo Jota’s late brother, also named André Silva.
- Real Madrid issued a statement on X apologizing to Elche and the player, describing the image use as an error and expressing regret.
- Coverage notes that Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva died in a car accident in Spain in July, with the younger brother playing for FC Penafiel.
- SPORT1 reported the mistake came on the day Elche was scheduled to play Real Madrid.