Chinanews.com client, January 14th, a Pakistan B team successfully upgraded to Pakistan A, this is not big news in the football world.
But for Sharpe Koens, who suffered an air crash but refused to "protect without downgrade" for three years, everything is completely different.
Screenshot of Shape Koens' social media.
On the 13th, Beijing time, the Pakistan second team Shape Koens defeated Figue Elens 2:1 in a key league match, thus securing the top four positions in the league and determined to upgrade to the next season's Bahrain League.
This news touched many netizens, because the team suffered too much misfortune, but never gave up hope.
On the evening of November 28, 2016, local time, a chartered plane carried by players from the Chapecoens Club crashed near Medellin, the capital of the province of Antioquia in Colombia, killing 71 people and only 6 surviving.
Among the victims were 19 members of the Chapecoens Club.
The crash site.
Their trip is to fly to Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, to participate in the first round of the South American Cup final.
Subsequently, their opponents in the final, the National Athletic Team, issued a statement of condolences on the official website and hoped that the champion will be awarded to Sharpe Koens.
In the end, the official website of the South American Football Federation announced that Chape Koens was awarded the 2016 South American Cup champion, and the final opponent of the Colombian National Athletic team won the runner-up and fair play award.
Foreign media reported that after the air crash, many Brazilian teams issued a joint statement, hoping that the Brazilian football team would agree to give Chapecoens the right to be exempt from relegation for three seasons.
But out of consideration of fair play, Sharpe Koens eventually rejected this kindness.
The surviving goalkeeper.
Suffering a devastating blow in the air crash, the difficulty of the road to reconstruction for Sharpe Koens can be imagined.
On November 27, 2019 local time, Shape Koens lost to Botafogo 0:1 at home and was unfortunately dropped into the second division.
In the face of difficulties, this team has demonstrated strong resilience, has performed well this season, and has always been at the forefront of the standings.
However, on December 30, 2020 local time, Sharpe Koens officially announced that the club’s chairman Margro had passed away due to illness.
He was one of the main persons in charge of organizing the reconstruction of the team after that air crash, and he was loved by fans.
A small fan of Sharpe Koens is outside the stadium.
Fortunately, the ensuing difficulties did not knock down this team. They worked hard in the B-B field and finally were able to return to the B-B field.
Next season, no matter what achievements Shape Koens achieves, when they appear on the Brazilian football arena, it will be enough to inspire people.
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