Chapecoense win first title since Colombia air crash
Brazilian football club Chapecoense won their first title since their squad was involved in a tragic plane crash in November 2016 that killed 71 people. Chapecoense defeated Joinville 2-0 to clinch the Sandro Pallaoro Cup. As many as 19 Chapecoense players and most of the club's staff had died when their chartered plane crashed into a hillside in Colombia.
Brazil's Chapecoense defeated Joinville 2-0 in the final of the Sandro Pallaoro Cup to clinch their first title since a devastating plane crash almost wiped out the club team.Left-back Reinaldo opened the scoring on Saturday before second-half substitute Tulio de Melo doubled the hosts' lead seven minutes from time, reports Xinhua news agency.Seventy-one people died, including 19 Chapecoense players and most of the club's staff, when the chartered plane in which they were traveling slammed into a hillside in Colombia last November.