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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) — One of the survivors of the Chapecoense plane crash returned to the soccer pitch for the first time since the deadly accident to give the ceremonial opening kick at a charity match in Porto Alegre on Wednesday (December 21). Alan Ruschel stepped onto the field to ruckus applause as he waved to the cheering crowds in the stands. Ruschel, 27, was one of only six survivors on the plane, which […]
by Rosa SULLEIRO CHAPECO, Brazil (AFP) — Fans of Brazil’s Chapecoense football club whose team was wiped out in a Colombian air crash crammed into the home stadium late Wednesday for tearful prayers around the empty pitch. The stadium in Chapeco, southern Brazil, was a solid wall of green as fans and mourners dressed in the team shirt stood shoulder to shoulder. They gathered at exactly the hour their team, which just a few years […]
