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.

Sometimes, football takes a back seat. The news yesterday, Thursday, of Diogo Jota’s passing left the entire football world in shock. An unexpected and tremendously painful farewell.The entire