Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,143,275 members, 7,780,626 topics. Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024 at 06:00 PM

Chapecoense Coach's Son Missed Flight After Forgetting Passport - Sports - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Entertainment / Sports / Chapecoense Coach's Son Missed Flight After Forgetting Passport (610 Views)

Fake Passport: Judge remands Ronaldinho in Paraguayan jail / Ronaldinho Detained For Entering Paraguay With A Fake Passport (Photos) / Leone Stars Missed Their Flight Due To Delay & Found Themselves Like This (Photo (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

Chapecoense Coach's Son Missed Flight After Forgetting Passport by alawi5k: 7:35pm On Nov 29, 2016
The 25-year-old was supposed to be on
the plane which crashed, leaving 76 dead,
including his father, but he was refused
permission to board
The crashing of the plane carrying
Brazilian side Chapecoense to their Copa
Sudamericana final on Monday has left
the football world shaken. The death of 76
passengers, including players, staff,
journalists and airline staff, has come as
an immense shock, with fans and players
alike mourning the loss of those who
perished.
Chapecoense were travelling to Medellin
to face Nacional in the first leg of the final
of the Copa Sudamericana, which is the
South American equivalent of the Europa
League, when their plane came down in
Cerro Gordo in the municipality of La
Union.
The devastating loss is a thoroughly
agonising one, but there was one story of
relief to emerge in the aftermath of the
crash.
The son of coach Caio Junior has revealed
that he was supposed to be on the plane
with the squad, but was refused
permission to board the flight because he
forgot his passport.
While the club's coach unfortunately was
one of those who died in the catastrophe,
Matheus Saroli was lucky to be spared
and told his story on social media, asking
for privacy for himself and his family.
"Friends, me, my brother and my mum
are okay," the 25-year-old posted on
Instagram and Facebook. "We need
strength and some privacy, especially my
mother.
“But thank you to everyone for all the
messages. I was in Sao Paulo today and I
did not board because I had forgotten my
passport.
“We are strong and we will get through
this. Thank you for all of your messages.”
One of the Chapecoense players, striker
Alejandro Martinuccio, was also lucky not
to be on the flight, having been ruled out
through injury, and he told of the “difficult
moment” he and those linked to the club
are going through
after hearing of the death of his team-
mates.
Meanwhile, Fox Sports commentator
Edmundo revealed that he, too, was
supposed to be on the flight for the game,
but had to pull out and was replaced by
Mario Sergio, who died in the crash.
Nacional have since requested that
CONMEBOL award the Copa
Sudamericana trophy to the Brazilian side
as
“a posthumous tribute to the victims of
the fatal accident”.
www.m.goal.com/s/en-ng/news/4055/main/2016/11/29/30009912/chapecoense-coachs-son-missed-flight-after-forgetting
Re: Chapecoense Coach's Son Missed Flight After Forgetting Passport by Islamicpope(m): 8:19pm On Nov 29, 2016
Very touching. I feel like shedding tears on a personal note. lipsrsealed
Re: Chapecoense Coach's Son Missed Flight After Forgetting Passport by kurt09(m): 8:27pm On Nov 29, 2016
Lalasticlala, weeping... My thoughts are with the family. honeric01, semid4lyfe
Re: Chapecoense Coach's Son Missed Flight After Forgetting Passport by bigseank(m): 9:37pm On Nov 29, 2016
omo, na so the head of this guy save am o!.....chai, it would av been a catastrophic loss to that family, both father and son.

(1) (Reply)

Nigerian Presidency Summons Pinnick, NFF Top Shots / I Can Replace Aubameyang / Fc Ifeanyi Yi Ubah Vs Al Masri Of Egypt CAF

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 15
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.