Colombian soccer team Atlético Nacional is urging South America’s football governing body to award the Copa Sudamericana title to the Brazilian team which lost many of its players Monday night in a deadly plane crash.

The crash killed more than 70 people including members of the chapecoense team who were flying to medellin to play Atlético Nacional in the final of the soccer tournament, one of the most prestigious in South America.

CNN reports Five or six passengers survived, including three Chapecoense players, authorities said.
The club, which has risen up the ranks in Brazilian soccer, was set to play in the first leg of the South American Cup finals Wednesday

In a statement on its website the Medellin-based Atlético Nacional said it wants the title to go to Chapecoense as an “honorary laureate/prize for its massive loss.” The trophy should be an “homage to all the victims of the fatal accident which throws our sport into mourning,” it said.

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