This Picture Of The Chapecoense Players Who Were Not On The Fatal Flight Is Devastating

This morning heartbreaking news emerged that a plane carrying a Brazilian football team had crashed and reportedly killed 77 people.

The Chapecoense club were travelling from Brazil to Colombia to play Athletico Nacional to compete in the Copa Sudamerica final.

It'll be pretty hard for anyone to sum up the tragedy but a picture of Chapecoense team-mates, who didn't travel for the match, speaks a thousand words.

A few days ago, in the same dressing room where the three players are visibly devastated, the entire team celebrated their semi-final triumph. They made it to the final which would have been the biggest game in the club's history.

Credit: Chapecoense

"May God be with our athletes, officials, journalists and other guests travelling with our delegation," the club said in a brief statement.

This is truly devastating to see within the beautiful game. Atlético Nacional have reportedly asked CONMEBOL to award the Copa Sudamericana title to Chapecoense, which is an outstanding gesture.

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Topics: plane crash, Brazil

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.