Colombian club Atletico Nacional called on football authorities Tuesday to hand the Copa Sudamericana title to their opponents, Brazilian side Chapecoense, as a tribute to the team’s players killed in a plane crash.
The Colombian side made the demand to provincial football confederation CONMEBOL in an announcement.
It asked of CONMEBOL "that the Copa Sudamericana title be given to Chapecoense Football Association as a privileged trophy for its extraordinary misfortune, and as an after death praise to the casualties of the lethal mishap that has put our game in mourning."crash
Chapecoense and Atletico Nacional should have gone head to head Wednesday in the primary leg of the last of the Copa Sudamericana, the second most prestigious club football competition in South America after the Copa Libertadores.
CONMEBOL said in an announcement before that the match was suspended until further notice.
"We are in contact with the powers and are sitting tight for authority reports.
" A source near CONMEBOL told AFP it was "far-fetched" that the last could ever be played.
Nine individuals from the Brazilian group did not go to Colombia.
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