Cristiano Ronaldo shares emotional tribute for Diogo Jota

Cristiano Ronaldo is reacting publicly to the tragic death of his national teammate Diogo Jota.

Jota, who played as a forward for Liverpool FC at the club level and for Portugal at the national level, was killed in a car crash on Thursday near Zamora, Spain. The 28-year-old Jota died along with his younger brother Andre Silva, 25, when the Lamborghini that they were traveling in veered off the road on an isolated stretch of highway ( full details here).

The soccer icon Ronaldo was among those who shared emotional public tributes to Jota over social media.

“It doesn’t make sense,” Ronaldo wrote, according to a rough translation from Portuguese. “Just now we were together in the National Team, just now you had gotten married. To your family, your wife, and your children, I send my condolences and wish them all the strength in the world. I know you will always be with them. Rest in Peace, Diogo and André. We will all miss you.”