In the Premier League, Portugal teammate and Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was among those to pay tribute to Jota. “Friend, colleague and companion in a thousand battles,” he wrote. “It is difficult to understand how it is possible for someone to leave so soon.

The soccer world is in mourning following the death of Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota in a car crash in Spain early on Thursday morning. He was 28.

Family and friends of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother are gathering Friday at a church where their bodies have been brought for a wake and funeral, after the Portuguese soccer players were killed in a car crash in Spain.