Cristiano Ronaldo is facing backlash from football fans after he failed to attend the funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother held in Gondomar on Saturday morning.

Jota, just 28, was killed alongside his brother André when the vehicle they were travelling in on the A-52 motorway in Zamora, Spain, came off the road. It's been reported by authorities that one of the car's tyres burst while overtaking another vehicle before catching fire.

Cristiano Ronaldo wrote a message to Diogo Jota, the Portugal soccer star who died in a car crash along with brother Andre Silva.