The team was crowned in Serie B with one of the survivors in the squad and promoted to first place
The Brazilian team arrived in November 2016 Chapecoense He was known worldwide for the plane crash he suffered, which left 71 dead and six survivors, including three players.
The club that experienced tragedy on its journey to play the Copa Sudamericana final on November 28, four years ago, Today he is celebrating after being crowned in Serie B. and go back to the top flight hand in hand with Alan Ruschel, who was one of those survivors, and now raised the champion trophy.
El Chape tied the points with América-MG on Matchday 38, so the difference in points was essential for his return to the top circuit.
Both games played simultaneously and with emotions from start to finish. In Minas’ match, Avaí missed a penalty in the opening moments. After that, América-MG opened the score and made the second in the first leg. In Chapecó, the locals went up on the scoreboard and briefly captured the title.
Everything changed in the second half. Confiança played a draw with Reis and left Coelho very close to the cup. Seven minutes later, at Minas, Getúlio secured the result and secured the victory, while Chapecoense scored 2-1 through Perotti, but the result benefited his rival with goal difference.
Everything changed after 52 minutes. Penalty for Chapecoense, Anselmo excelled in the collection by shooting the ‘Panenka’ and thus giving the title to his team.
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