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.

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.

"You could see that in the way he played because off the pitch he was so humble, dignified and quiet. "Everyone loved him at Liverpool. He was universally popular among players and staff, but then on the pitch, when he crossed that white line, you could see the hunger inside him.