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‘We Must Respect God’s Will’ – Surviving Brazilians Emotional First Soccer Game Since Plane Crash

"We're certainly stronger"
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By Stephanie Parker
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January 23, 2017

The Chapecoense took to the field for the first time in two months this past weekend. This is the Brazilian football club team’s first match since loosing nineteen of its players and staff in a Nov. 2016 plane crash.

The horrific crash left only six survivors and took the lives of seventy-one people that were aboard the LaMia plane traveling from Brazil to Columbia.

WATCH: Brazilian Kids Do Their Best to Heal the Crowd After Tragic Columbian Plane Crash

The charity game was held in front of a sold out crowd of roughly 20,000 people inside Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, Brazil, media outlets have reported. The attendees were decked out in team gear to celebrate the first game since so many of the players lost their lives.

In the first moments held prior to the match, fans got a chance to see the three surviving players take the field.

It was an occasion full of emotion as Chapecoense returned to action.

Full story: https://t.co/KzAlgacp7l pic.twitter.com/bFowiExB45

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 22, 2017

Defenders Neto and Alan Ruschel and goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, who had his leg amputated were honored with the Copa Sudamericana cup and all the players received medals as they stood with victims families, BBC reported.

https://twitter.com/AwayDaysVideos/status/823173714699284480

One of the only surviving players, Follman said:


“We must respect God’s will and move on with our lives now. We’re certainly stronger, and learning to value the simple things after all that happened.”

It’s a new start for Chapecoense’s grateful survivors. #ForçaChape pic.twitter.com/vkUoJA3jvN

— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 22, 2017

Another survivor of the crash, radio reporter Rafael Hanzel was the commentator for the day.

26' | 2T | 71 Minutos – Jogo paralisado em homenagem aos 71 Guerreiros da Chape!
VAMOS, VAMOS, CHAPE!!!#VamosChape #ForçaChape pic.twitter.com/36Xg5hnKHZ

— Chapecoense (@ChapecoenseReal) January 21, 2017

Seventy-one minutes into the match, players from both teams stopped and clapped to honor the 71 people that lost their lives last year in the crash.

The funds received from the game will go to rebuilding the club and to the families that lost a loved one in the plane accident.

https://twitter.com/AllFootballLive/status/822947501158318083

As of now, the sporting director Rui Costa is working with players on loan from other teams and Vagner Mancini was just appointed as the team manager.

The game played against the Palmeiras, a Sao Paulo team was a day that will be remembered. Including the first goal which was made by Douglas Grolli.

Douglas Grolli scores Chapecoense's first goal since the plane crash… #ForcaChape pic.twitter.com/81ajrq5yvm

— Photos of Football (@photosofootball) January 22, 2017

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(H/T BBC)

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