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#2 Chapecoense - November 28, 2016.
The Chapecoense disaster is a horrid tale of a small team that was supposed to fly high and take part in one of the biggest finals of its history but the dream was short-lived as the team met with an accident along the way right before facing Colombian outfit Atletico Nacional in the Copa Sudamericana final.
As the flight neared Jose Maria Cordova airport in Medellin, it crashed killing 71 players, journalists and crews and leaving only six people as survivors including three players Alan Ruschel, Helio Neto and Jackson Follman.
A request was made to CONMEBOL by Atletico Nacional to award the final and the cup to Chapecoense and they won the fair-play award for the grand gesture. Chapecoense refused the proposal of having immunity from relegation for about three seasons and along with their new coach Vagner Mancini, the club set out on a path to build a team with reserves and with the loaned out players from other clubs to finish 8th in the league the next season.
The Chapecoense tragedy united the modern football era like no other incident as millions and millions of tributes flowed along with tears. The tale of Chape will be carried long in our hearts, remembering the ones who passed away and drawing strength of unity from the tragedy.
