Fans paid tributes outside Liverpool's Anfield stadium on Thursday (July 3), after Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain.

Jota's Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames, authorities said.

Evidence at the scene of the crash near the city of Zamora suggests Jota's car suffered a burst tire while overtaking, Spanish police said in a statement. The crash occurred around 00:30 a.m. (2230 GMT).

Jota, 28, had just married his partner of ten years in late June, with whom he had three children. "My dream came true," his wife Rute Carodoso wrote on Instagram of their wedding.

"It doesn't make sense. We were only just in the national team together, you'd only just got married," fellow Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo said on X.

Liverpool Football Club said it was devastated by the news of Jota's death. Fans began laying flowers in his memory at Anfield stadium. Jota arrived at Anfield in 2020 and scored 65 goals in 182 appearances for the club in all competitions.

Jota's brother, Andre Silva, who died alongside him, was also a footballer, with Penafiel in the Portuguese second division.

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FANS LEAVING FLOWERS OUTSIDE LIVERPOOL FC ANFIELD STADIUM AFTER DEATH OF PORTUGUESE FORWARD DIOGO JOTA

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1. FANS IN FRONT OF ROW OF FLOWERS

2. FAN FILMING FLOWERS

3. FAN LEAVING CAP NEAR FLOWERS

4. CAP

5. SIGN MADE FROM FLOWERS READING (English): "JOTA" / BUCKETS WITH FLOWERS IN BACKGROUND

6. FAN LOOKING AT FLOWERS

7. FANS WEARING LIVERPOOL CLOTHES

8. FLOWERS

9. VARIOUS OF ANFIELD STADIUM

10. LIVERPOOL SCARF ON GATE