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Plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashes in Colombia
JP Schriefer posted a topic in Current Events
Seventy-six people died when a chartered plane carrying members of a Brazilian soccer club, Chapecoense, crashed on the outskirts of Medellín, Colombia. This is the biggest tragedy in the Brazillian sport's history. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/world/americas/plane-carrying-brazilian-soccer-team-crashes-in-colombia.html?_r=0 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/nov/29/brazilian-team-chapecoense-onboard-plane-that-crashed-over-colombia-latest The other South American Cup finalist, the Colombian team Atlético Nacional de Medellín said they will give up the final and Chapecoense should be declared champion. Despite the news, I would like, as a Brazilian, to confirm that the whole country is in shock. Chapecoense is a club that was serving as an example of administration for all big clubs in the country, because it was a small team that went all through the 4 divisions of the Brazilian Championship until reaching the most important one. With a much smaller budget than the other teams, it was managing to stay in Serie A and had reached a historic moment: reaching its first international final in the second most important championship in the Americas. Regardless of the team of each one, everyone was cheering for Chapecoense because they had overcome so much. Chapecoense's last game by the South American Cup was heroic with a beautiful defense of the Brazilian goalkeeper in the end of the extra time of the second half. It's weird that in a moment everybody is euphoric and hopeful and a few days later all of that goes away. The tragedy shocked the country so much that the government decreed official mourning for 3 days. The city of Chapecó declared mourning for 30 days and canceled all Christmas events. Big clubs around the world have already paid tribute to Chapecoense, many of them saying they will help the club to financially keep up. Now we have to hope the 6 survivors get well soon. This match will never leave the minds of Brazilian football lovers.
