The Brazilian side has made a remarkable recovery since a devastating plane crash that killed 19 players and rocked the football world
Time has a way of healing even the most unbearable of pain.
November 29, 2016, was an unbearably painful day for the footballing world and one club in particular.
Chapecoense was rocked to its very core when a plane crash took the lives of a promising group of footballers who had captured the imagination of Brazilian fans with their Cinderella story, managing wages and expenses, all while putting together a budding power.
In 2009 Chape were all the way down in Serie D, but promotion to Serie A came in 2014 — and the team never looked back.