Chapecoense Makes Playoff One Year After Team Plane Crash

  • 6 years ago

(CNN)Just over a year since the plane crash that killed most of Chapecoense's players and staff, the Brazilian club's remarkable recovery continues. A goal from Tulio de Melo in the fifth minute of stoppage time gave Chapecoense victory against Coritiba with the last kick of the game. It means the reborn side finished eighth in Brazil's Série A to earn a place in the qualifying rounds of next season's Copa Libertadores -- the premier club competition in South American football.

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