Brazil invites Colombia for ‘Chape’ charity match
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BRAZIL has invited Colombia to play a friendly match next month with proceeds from the game going to families of the Chapecoense players and staff killed in the Medellin air crash, a Brazilian Football Confederation, or CBF, spokesman said on Monday.
Last week’s disaster, which killed 71 passengers and crew, shocked soccer fans the world over and plunged Brazil into mourning.
The small side from southern Brazil was heading to Colombia to play local team Atletico Nacional in the final of the Copa Sudamericana. Only six people survived the crash.
“The idea is that the game will be against Colombia, for all that represents,” the spokesman said, “but we don’t know if they will be able to come because of the dates. But a friendly will take place, against someone else if not Colombia, probably on either January 22 or 25.
“The proceeds from the match will be sent to the families of the players, the staff and those involved with Chapecoense who died in the crash.”
The CBF also said it would donate 5 million reais (US$1.46 million) to Chapecoense to help the club get back on its feet. The team lost almost all of its players and will need to invest to build a squad for next season.
It was given an extra incentive on Monday when South American football’s governing body named it the Copa Sudamericana champion.
The decision gives Chapecoense an automatic place in next year’s Copa Libertadores, the South American equivalent of Europe’s Champions League.
Nacional had asked for its stricken rival to be given the title and it means the two sides will meet next year for the Recopa Sudamericana, a two-legged playoff between the Sudamericana winner and the Copa Libertadores champion.
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