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Atletico Nacional call for Chapecoense to be awarded Copa Sudamericana

Atletico Nacional have asked CONMEBOL to award the Copa Sudamericana title to Chapecoense after a plane crash claimed the lives of most of the Brazilian club's squad and staff.

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.

At least 75 people on board were killed, with six individuals - including players Alan Ruschel, Jackson Follmann and Neto - named by the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority as survivors.