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.

As a child Diogo Jota idolized Cristiano Ronaldo. In a career that took him to soccer stardom, he would go on to call the Portugal great a teammate and win some of the sport’s biggest trophies.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has offered compassionate leave to winger Pedro Neto following the death of international teammate Diogo Jota. Following news of Jota’s tragic passing on Thursday, Neto did not join the Chelsea squad for an early training session in the build-up to the Club World Cup quarter-final clash with Palmeiras on Friday evening.