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Portugal and Spain players observed a period of silence before their Women’s European Championship opening game.

Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain. He was 28 and had three children with his wife, who he married last month . • The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. local time near the municipality of Cernadilla in Zamora in northwestern Spain.

Liverpool players were gathering in the small Portuguese town of Gondomar on Saturday for the funeral of their English Premier League soccer teammate Diogo Jota, who died with his younger brother in a car crash in Spain on Thursday.

Players from Liverpool and Portugal’s national team joined family and friends for the funeral of their teammate Diogo Jota and his brother.

Portugal may have lost their Women's Euros opener to Spain, but the result was clearly far from the front of fans' minds

Liverpool and Portugal soccer star Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a July 3 car accident in Spain. Read tributes to the 28-year-old player.

Bernardo Silva, a Portugal teammate of Diogo Jota and Manchester City star, called Jota’s tragic death “a very sad moment for all of us” and said “he’ll remain in our hearts forever” in an interview before an emotional funeral in Portugal on Saturday, according to ESPN.

Sadness and celebration went hand in hand when a minute's silence in honour of Portuguese international Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who were killed in a car accident on Thursday, gave way to a celebration of life and football as Portugal took on Spain at the Women's Euros.