19 of the 22 players that made up the professional soccer team from Chapeco, Brazil were killed when their plane crashed last November. Nearly a year later, the victims' families and the teams' fans are trying to recover
Chapecoense rises from ashes of plane-crash tragedy China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-08 09:45 Share CLOSE Alan Ruschel was one of the six survivors from the plane crash that killed most of Chapecoense s players and coaches. Last month, he lifted Brazil s Serie B trophy for the rebuilt team. GETTY IMAGES
RIO DE JANEIRO－When Alan Ruschel returned to the city of Chapeco in January 2020, he knew the year ahead would be difficult.
But not even the veteran leftback could have imagined the challenges awaiting Chapecoense－the club from southern Brazil that knows all about adversity following a 2016 plane crash in Colombia that killed most of its players and coaching staff.