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Ruben Neves wipes away tears during the tribute to Diogo Jota(Image: DAZN)

Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo broke down in tears as tributes were paid at the FIFA Club World Cup to Diogo Jota and his younger brother Andre Silva, following their tragic deaths.

Neves and Cancelo, both long-time friends and international team-mates of the Liverpool star who sadly died on Thursday following a car crash in Spain, were playing their first match since news broke of the pair’s passing.

After the tribute, a sobbing Neves had his face in his hands while Cancelo sank down on his haunches and wiped away tears as he tried to prepare to face Brazilian side Fluminense.

The pair had both elected to play for their club, Al Hilal, in Friday’s quarter-final.

Both decided to play, with Neves posting a tribute on social media to Jota just an hour before kickoff.

The two players had been team-mates and friends since 2016, breaking through together at Porto, before joining Wolves in the same summer and firing the Black Country side from the second tier into Europe.

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In an emotional message, Neves wrote: “Bro, wherever you are, I know you'll read this, we've never been this sloppy and maybe now I regret it a little, but you know what you mean to me as much as I know what I mean to you.

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“More than a friendship, we're family, and we won't stop being that just because you've decided to sign a contract a little further away from us.

I'm going to make sure you're always present and I'll make sure that your loved ones never lack anything while you're there, far away but thinking of us, waiting for us.

Joao Cancelo reacts following a moments silence in memory of former football player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva(Image: Getty Images)Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Kalidou Koulibaly support Ruben Neves(Image: Getty Images)

“Life has brought us together and now it can’t tear us apart.

I will never forget you.”

The world of football has been in mourning following the death of Jota and his younger brother on Thursday.

Initially held in private for family it was later opened up to the public.

Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Manchester United's Diogo Dalot were both among those to pay tribute, along with a Liverpool contingent led by sporting director Richard Hughes and one of Jota’s best friends in football, another ex-Wolves and Portugal star, Joao Moutinho.

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