Thousands of people attended a public wake Thursday for Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo, the Nacional defender who died of cardiac arrest five days after collapsing during a CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores match in Brazil.

The 27-year-old Izquierdo passed away in a Sao Paulo hospital on Tuesday night. He had passed out during a game between Sao Paulo and Nacional at Morumbi Stadium in that Brazilian city.

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After a brief and intimate ceremony for the family on Thursday, Nacional opened its doors at its headquarters. Soccer fans dressed in shirts of Uruguayan clubs paid their respects to the footballer as players of the two top clubs of the country — Nacional and its rival Peñarol — waited inside.

The blue and red hues of Nacional were used to paint the area around Avenida 8 de Octubre in the capital of Uruguay. Izquierdo was a married father of two small children, and there were flags, flowers, candles, notes, and drawings honoring him around the place.

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“This hurts all of us Uruguayans, no matter if you’re of Nacional or not,” said 17-year-old Catalina Antuña.

A Nacional fan, she attended the wake with her friend Juana Fleitas, a Peñarol supporter.