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Chapecoense plane crash: Minute's silence to be held before all games this weekend

Chapecoense plane crash: Minute's silence to be held before all games this weekend

Paul Belcher3 Dec 2016 - 09:53
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A minute's silence will be held before every football match this weekend in memory of the Chapecoense players and staff who died on Monday.

Nineteen players and coaching staff were among the 71 who died when the Brazilian's team plane crashed.

The team was heading to Colombia for the final of the Copa Sudamericana, the biggest game in the club's history.

Three players - defender Alan Luciano Ruschel, reserve goalkeeper Jackson Ragnar Follmann and centre-back Helio Hermito Zampier Neto - were among the six survivors

Of the survivors, Ruschel and Neto were said to be in critical but stable conditions, with the former having had spinal surgery. Follmann has had his leg amputated and could lose his other foot.

Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that the plane crashed because it ran out of fuel as it tried to land.

Club director Cecilio Hans said the club would "rebuild from scratch" in memory of those who had died.

bbc.co.uk

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