Al-Hilal gamers Ruben Neves and João Cancelo have been inconsolable and broke down throughout a minute’s silence in honour of their Portuguese teammate Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva who died in a automobile crash on Thursday. The minute’s silence was held in the course of the FIFA Membership World Cup quarter-final match in opposition to Fluminense FC.Within the day’s second quarter-final, Chelsea’s Pedro Neto carried a particular shirt mentioning the names of Diogo and Andre whereas strolling in direction of the pitch.The match marked the trio’s first look since studying in regards to the tragic incident in Spain involving their longtime teammate from Portugal.Neves and Cancelo have been visibly emotional in the course of the pre-match tributes, with Cancelo needing to pause and kneel on the grass when photographs of Jota and Andre appeared on the display.Jota shared a big historical past with each Neves and Cancelo, having performed collectively for over six years in Portugal and celebrating a Nations League triumph. Neves and Jota additionally performed collectively at Wolves within the Premier League earlier than Jota’s switch to Liverpool in 2020.Al-Hilal’s head coach Simone Inzaghi addressed the emotional influence of the scenario on his gamers, stating: “Everyone knows it is a very unhappy day due to what occurred to Diogo and André. This stuff ought to by no means occur. We’re all conscious of the tragedy. Now we have two Portugal gamers Rúben Neves and João Cancelo who have been associates to them. In the present day has been a really troublesome day for all of us. We tried to work in the identical method however the environment was totally different. It is a very, very unhappy tragedy.”Neves shared his emotions by way of an emotional Instagram put up: “Wherever you’re, I do know you will learn this. We have by no means been that silly and possibly now I remorse it a little bit, however you recognize what you imply to me as a lot as I do know what I imply to you… Life introduced us collectively and now it will possibly’t separate us. We have achieved stunning issues collectively, we nonetheless have lots to realize, I do know we’ll make it. Beginning right now, you will enter the sphere with me, and we’ll comply with our path collectively, on the stage the place we met. Diogoal, you’re my favourite lemonade!!”The match concluded with Al-Hilal shedding 2-1 to Fluminense, eliminating them from the Membership World Cup competitors.