A Game To Honor Chapecoense in Barcelona

FC Barcelona played a game against Brazilian club Chapecoense on Monday, decimated last November by an air crush. A tribute was paid to the victims and survivors.

The symbol is strong. On Monday, Chapecoense met FC Barcelona for an emotionally charged match. Last November, the team was decimated by a terrible air disaster. Only six survivors, including three players, miraculously escaped death. At Camp Nou, Lionel Messi's teammates then met those of Hélio Hermito Zampier Neto who was accompanied by his two teammattes Jackson Follmann - who lost a leg in the tragedy - and Alan Ruschel. All three had difficulty hiding their emotion during the meeting, they who saw their friends leave too soon. At the time of the fictitious start of the meeting, in front of 65,000 spectators, they burst into tears, the memory of the drama still in mind.

At the end of the game which ended in a 5-0 for Barcelona, ​​Ruschel and Messi swapped their shirts. "I am one of the happiest of men, because I saw something almost unreal. I feel lucky to be in Spain, to face Barcelona, ​​and to play in a stadium where I would never have imagined being, "said Alan Ruschel to Marca. The proceeds of the event will allow the Chapecoense club to rebuild itself institutionally and "to regain the competitive level that was his before the tragedy," Barça said in a statement.

It was a great move from Barcelona's administration to do this match for humain reasons and help the team of Chapecoense financially and in many other ways to overcome the disaster. And I think that we should see more of big teams that are known world wide help smaller teams from all around the world. Because by doing so maybe in some countries they aren't just helping that team but also helping the entire country and doing service to the community there.

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