RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil will play Colombia in a friendly match at the end of January to help victims of the air crash that killed most of the players, staff and directors of soccer club Chapecoense last week.
Spokesman Douglas Lunardi also said on Monday that the Brazilian football federation will donate about $ 1.5 million to Chapecoense.
Nineteen of Chapecoense's players were killed in the crash just outside Medellin, Colombia, as the Brazilian team headed to the first of two matches against Colombian club Atletico Nacional to determine the champion of the Copa Sudamericana—Latin America's No.