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Diogo Jota Death LIVE: Liverpool FC ‘Devastated’ After Footballer Killed in Car Crash Aged 28 | CNBC TV18 LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM - Fans gather outside Anfield Stadium in Liverpool as funeral for forward Diogo Jota held in Portugal. Diogo Jota's family - including his parents - gather at a chapel in their hometown of Gondomar, Portugal. Liverpool forward Jota, 28, married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso just 11 days before the crash - they have three children Live exteriors of Chapel in Gondomar near Porto, where the bodies of Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva were transported overnight. The two soccer players died when their car went off a road near the western Spanish city of Zamora in the early hours of Thursday. A wake is scheduled for Friday, July 4, at the São Cosme Chapel, where mourners have already begun gathering to pay their respects 3. Gondomar holds personal significance for Jota, as it's where he began his football career. The funerals of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his younger brother, André Filipe Teixeira da Silva, will be held at 10am on Saturday in Gondomar, a town just outside the northern Portuguese city of Porto. Describing the deaths of Jota and his brother as an “unimaginable loss”, Liverpool FC said in a statement: “Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota.” The Portuguese Football Federation said in a statement: “We have lost two champions. Their deaths represent irreparable losses for Portuguese football, and we will do everything we can to honour their legacy every day.” Cristiano Ronaldo has paid a heartfelt tribute to Portugal team-mate Diogo Jota after the Liverpool forward was killed in a car crash at the age of just 28 in the early hours of Thursday morning in Spain. Jota was in the car with his brother, Andre Silva, a footballer for FC Penafiel in Portugal, who also died. No other vehicles were involved, Spanish authorities said. #DiogoJota #JotaTribute #LiverpoolFC #Portugal #cristianoronaldo #footballnews #cnbctv18