The Hawaii Times - The fairy tale ended tragically. The players of the Brazilian football team of Chapecoense were part of the 81 passengers of the plane which crashed last night near the municipality of La Unión, a mountainous region located about fifty kilometers from Medellín, Colombia. According to the Brazilian media, four players of the team would be among the six survivors announced by the airport of Jose Maria Cordova of Rionegro.
The team was headed for Medellín, where it was scheduled to play the first leg of the Sudamericana final against the Colombian club Atlético Nacional on 1 December. It is the first time in its history that the club reaches this stage of the competition. The return match was scheduled for December 6th. In this equivalent of the Europa League, Chapecoense was a nice surprise, which earned him the nickname "Brazilian Leicester".
The club eliminated the Argentines of Independiente in the round of 16 and entered the semi-finals of San Lorenzo, the winner in 2014 of the Libertadores Cup (equivalent of the Champions League) and Heart club of Pope Francis. To clinch their place in the final, the Brazilians hung the draw in Argentina having scored (1-1) before the conceding without going home goal (0-0).
On 10 May 1973, in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, two amateur clubs, Atlético Chapeco and Independente, founded the Association Chapecoense de Futebol (ACF) with the ambition of competing with Avaí and Figueirense, the historical clubs of the capital of the State, Florianópolis.
After winning the regional championship in 1977 against Avaí, Chapecoense spent two seasons in Serie A in 1978 and 1979. It was not until 1996 that he won the championship of Santa Catarina, which he also won in 2007 and 2011. Between 2009 And 2013, Chapecoense accelerates from Series D (fourth rung) to Series A.
15th in 2014, the club of the South of Brazil finishes 14th last year and accomplishes some exploits. The Copa Sudamericana was already the scene. Qualified for the quarterfinals against the prestigious River Plate, the ACF comes out with the honors (4-3 on all of the two games). "Sure, it will stay in the history of the club," said Tulio De Melo on the site of So Foot in October 2015.
The former Brazilian striker of Lille also took part in the brilliant victory of his team against the great Palmeiras (5-1), in championship, before leaving the club at the end of the season "I had heard about it year Last, it was the surprise team that had just climbed in D1, continued Tulio De Melo. All the people I spoke to said good things about this growing club, with serious people who were respecting their commitments. " This year, at one day of the end of the championship, Chapecoense occupied the ninth place of the championship.
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