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Barca to host Chapecoense in friendly
Barcelona will host Brazilian side Chapecoense in a friendly game on August 7 to pay tribute to victims of the plane crash of last November.
The crash which happened on 29 November, 2016, when Chapecoense were travelling to face Colombian side Atletico Nacional in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, saw only three of Chapecoense players survive, as 71 of 77 people on board died.
Defenders Neto and Alan Ruschel, and goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, who had his leg amputated, were among the six survivors, while 19 players and the coaching staff died.
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Few days after the crash, Barcelona paid their tributes by asking Chapecoense to be their opponents at the 2017 edition of the Joan Gamper trophy.
The La Liga giants are now to host the game to help Chapecoense “rebuild institutionally and recover the competitive level it had before the tragedy.”
Meanwhile, the Brazilian side have succeeded in winning their first trophy since the crash, and have signed 25 new players this season and promoted nine from the youth team.
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