SAU PAULO TO OFFER PLAYERS TO O CHAPECOENSE

Three top clubs in Brazil have offered to donate players to Chapecoense, after they lost majority of their squad in the plane crash.

Three clubs- Flamengi,  Sau Pualo and Palmeiras have indicated their willingness to offer players to Chapecoense, with Sau Paulo suggesting Chapecoense should be exempt from relegation for three years so that the club can be rebuilt. The club's [Chapecoense] in the Copa Sudamericana, Atletico Nacional have asked for Chapecoense to be awarded the cup.


Chapecoense players and officials died when
their plane crashed on its approach to Medellin, Colombia, while travelling to play first leg of the Copa Sudamericana.


Colombia's civil aviation body says only six of
the 81 people aboard the plane survived the
crash. Two of the survivors are footballers.
They were confirmed to be defender Alan
Ruschel and reserve goalkeeper Jackson Follman.

A statement by Fox Sports Latin America revealed that six employees from its Brazil operation died in the crash.