Cristiano Ronaldo pays tribute to teammate Diogo Jota in emotional message
'Doesn't make any sense. Just now we were together in the National Team, just now you were married. To your family, to your wife and children, I send my condolences and wish them all the strength in the world. I know you will always be with them,' Ronaldo said in a social media post.
'R.I.P Diogo and Andre. We will all miss you.'
The 28-year-old Liverpool forward, Jota, and his 25-year-old brother Silva, died in a car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain.
The regional fire department of Castile and Leon, where Zamora is located, said on its website a car crashed early on Thursday, shortly after midnight, and burst into flames, with two men, aged 28 and 26, found dead.
'We have lost two champions. Their deaths represent irreparable losses for Portuguese football, and we will do everything we can to honor their legacy every day,' the Portuguese Football Federation said in a statement.
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