India, June 15 -- Every team at the World Cup is allowed to name a 26-player squad. Diogo Jota, who tragically died in a car crash last year, is Portugal's 27th. Manager Roberto Martinez has christened him so, and Jota's name is included in the official World Cup squad announcement. Now, he will accompany his teammates on the field, as Portugal players at the World Cup will sport special wristbands in memory of their former teammate.

Midfielder Vitinha, speaking ahead of Wednesday's World Cup opener against DR Congo, revealed that the wristbands were gifted to the team by Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.

"When we went to meet with the Prime Minister, he offered us this wristband."

"They made sure that it was a wristband that ...