Brazil pays respects to Chapecoense in moving memorial
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino (second from right), Conmebol President, Alejandro Dominguez (second from left) and former Dutch soccer player Clareence Seedorf (first from right) attend for the funeral ceremony of the Chapecoense soccer team members and other Brazilians, who died in a plane crash in Colombia, at the Arena Conda stadium, in Chapeco, Brazil, Dec 3, 2016.[Photo/IC] |
Seventy-one people died on Monday when the British Aerospace CP-2933 plane operated by Bolivian airline LaMia crashed just before its planned destination near the Colombian city of Medellin. Only six people survived.
Victims included 19 Chapecoense players and most of the coaching staff. The team had been due to play Colombia's Atletico Nacional de Medellin in the first leg of the Copa Sudamerica final on Wednesday.