Alisson’s story on what his dad was like after tragic death by drowning

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson summed up his dad as "crazy, in the best way" when describing what his family is like in a 2018 interview.

Alisson's father Jose Becker was found dead on Wednesday night after he drowned while swimming in a lake near his holiday home in Brazil.

Jose, 57, was swimming in the dam at around 5pm when the accident occurred.

Police responded to reports of a missing man before the fire department finally located his body during a search at 11:59pm.

The death is not being treated as suspicuous.

Tributes have come pouring in this Thursday, with everyone from David de Gea and Thibault Courtois to Jamie Carragher and Gary Lineker paying their respects.

But a story told by Alisson back in 2018 for The Players' Tribune perfectly captures the character of the Liverpool keeper's dad, who he himself described as "crazy, in the best way."

"World Cup. 1998. I'm five years old. My brother Muriel is 10," wrote Alisson.

"We're watching the Brazil vs. Holland semi-final at my aunt's house, and of course, it's a big party. My aunt had made all this food, and there was a big cake and everything.

"The game goes to the penalties, and my father and my uncle are going crazy. They can't take the pressure. They can't even sit down.

"When Taffarel saves the final penalty, my father runs from the living room to the kitchen screaming his head off, and then what does he do?

"He smashes his face right into the cake. And then he runs back into the living room with icing all over his face, screaming, 'We're going to the Final! We're going to the Final!'

"As a little kid, it was the funniest thing I had ever seen. My dad was crazy, in the best way.

"Twenty years later, his son is going to the World Cup. And, if I am being honest, I am probably more like him than I would like to admit!"

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