The man who rebuilt Chapecoense on how the club has lost its way since air tragedy
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canada goose store “So it hit everybody emotionally but I accepted the challenge. After signing I went to Chapeco and canada goose outlet store uk I found a city really battered by the disaster, people on the streets were distraught, there were banners on the streets, there was still a big sadness in the air. So I went there and was presented to everybody. Twenty days after I came back and the city was still the same terrible way. That actually only changed when Chapecoense started playing again at the end of January. After a sporting life came back into the city, things started getting back to normal as much as they could”. canada goose store
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canada goose clearance sale “The plan was to do a year and rebuild the club and hopefully stay longer,” says Mancini, “but those over the club thought better. Things happen in football but to be honest, even until now, I don’t understand it. I was in love with the team? I am a person always in love with canada goose vest outlet my work, and I really appreciate honesty and good people in this job. But whoever said this was the reason, they canada goose outlet eu didn’t even identify themselves and they spoke in a wicked way. But this is irrelevant now because I know what I am capable of, I know the level of professional that I am.” canada goose clearance sale
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Within days of the crash for instance, the board of Internacional, a giant Brazilian side based in Porto Alegre that found themselves in the relegation zone, tried to use the accident as a way to cancel the remainder of the national championship and void all relegation. They said their players were overcome and couldn’t play, although a journalist at a press conference told them he had lost close media friends that were on board and he was there working.
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