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| Brazil's Chapecoense win Copa Libertadores debut | |
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| Chapecoense, the Brazilian football team which lost most of their squad in an air crash in November, have won their first international match since the accident. | |
| The visitors beat Zulia 2-1 in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in their first ever tie in the Copa Libertadores, South America's main regional tournament. | |
| The win puts them top of Group 7. | |
| The club only won promotion to Brazil's top division in 2014. | The club only won promotion to Brazil's top division in 2014. |
| But they surprised everyone when they reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana last year. | But they surprised everyone when they reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana last year. |
| They were on their way to the first leg of that match when the plane went down near the Colombian city of Medellin; 71 people, including 19 players and staff, were killed. | They were on their way to the first leg of that match when the plane went down near the Colombian city of Medellin; 71 people, including 19 players and staff, were killed. |
| Only six people on board survived, including three players: goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, defender Neto and winger Alan Ruschel. | Only six people on board survived, including three players: goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, defender Neto and winger Alan Ruschel. |
| Chapecoense included Neto and Ruschel in their squad for Tuesday's match. | |