João Cancelo and Ruben Neves were overcome with emotion as they paid tribute to Diogo Jota on Friday evening.Cancelo and Neves were part of a moment’s silence for Jota before their Club World Cup clash for Al Hilal against Fluminense.Cancelo broke down in tears during the silenceDAZNNeves was also very emotional when paying respects to his close friendDAZNBefore the quarter-final tie began, both teams gathered around the centre circle at Camping World Stadium to pay tribute.And as soon as it started, Cancelo and Neves burst into tears as they were comforted by their teammates on the pitch.The Portuguese pair had played with Jota, who tragically passed away with his brother, Andre Silva, in a car accident on Thursday. Neves was his teammate at Wolves and would have also spent many international breaks with him playing for Portugal.Cancelo also played alongside Jota for their national team. The emotional moment for the pair came as tributes continued to pour in for the Liverpool star after his passing. Neves earlier posted a heartwarming message to his good friend on Friday before Al Hilal took on Fluminense.He posted on Instagram alongside a collection of pictures: “Bug, wherever you are I know you will read this, we were never this lame and I may now regret it a little, but you know what you mean to me as much as I know what I am to you.“More than a friendship, we’re family, and we won’t stop it just because now you decided to sign a contract a little further away from us!“When I go to Selecao, you’ll still be next to me at the dinner table, on the bus, on the plane… you’ll always be there with me as always. Let’s keep laughing, making plans, sharing our life with each other.The two teams held a moment of silence for Jota before the gameDAZNJota and his brother sadly passed away on ThursdayShutterstock“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.“Life has brought us together and now it can’t tear us apart. We’ve achieved some great things together, we still have a lot to go, I know we can.“From today on, you will enter the field with me and we will follow our path together, on the stage where we met.“Diogoal, you are my favorite lemonade!! Amo-te.”As the Club World Cup game was ongoing, in Portugal, a public wake was being held for Jota and his brother. Members of the public visited a chapel in Gondomar, Portugal, which is Jota and Silva’s hometown. Members of the Portugal national team, other teammates, and Liverpool representatives have gone to pay their respects to Jota. Diogo Dalot, Bernardo Silva, Joao Moutinho, Fabinho and Jota Silva all paid their respects along with Andre Villas Boas and more. Liverpool chief executive Michael Edwards and technical director Julian Ward have also been in Gondomar. Jota and his brother’s funeral will take place on Saturday.