Chapecoense REFUSE relegation immunity offer and want to prove they can avoid drop despite losing team in air crash
Tragic Brazilian club lost 19 first-team players when plane crashed in Colombia but don't want any assistance in staying up
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CHAPECOENSE have refused to be granted immunity from relegation next season.
The Brazilian club is still coming to terms with the tragic loss of 19 first-team players in a plane crash last week.
71 people died when their aircraft crashed in Colombia on the way to the Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional.
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Chapecoense have since been confirmed as champions, while the Brazilian national team will face Colombia to raise money for families of the victims.
However, they have no intention of being allowed to remain in the country’s top league if they finished in one of the final four positions.
Other top-flight sides wanted to allow Chapecoense to get a free pass, but the club’s president Ivan Tozzo believes his team can stay up without any assistance and has branded the plan ‘complete nonsense’.
The Brazilian FA were also against the offer, and Chapecoense will now go about recruiting new faces with one game still to play this season.
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