Chapecoense accepts invitation and will play friendly against Barcelona. File Pic[/caption]Internet Desk: The Chapecoense accepted the invitation made by Barcelona last Thursday and will play the traditional Joan Gamper Trophy tournament of a game only to open the season for the Catalan club. Confirmation was given by incumbent President Ivan Tozzo in an interview with Radio RAC1 of Spain, who thanked the request and was excited about the idea.
"It is a great joy for us and we thank the Barcelona who invited us. It will be a privilege and a great pleasure to play in Europe," said the current president of Chapecoense.
The Joan Gamper Trophy has been organized by Barcelona since 1966, and was played almost every time at the Camp Nou stadium during the month of August, which should happen again. Flamengo, Vasco, Botafogo, Internacional and Santos are the other Brazilian teams besides Chape who have already been invited. Colorado was also the champion in 1982, while Alvinegro praiano, the last to participate, was thrashed 8-0 in 2013.
"Barcelona wants to pay tribute to the 71 people who died in the accident and their families. Barcelona will work to ensure that the edition of the Joan Gamper 2017 Trophy is a great tribute to the world of football to all of them through different initiatives around this game and Will be known as the date approaches, "the club said in a statement, in addition to sending a formal letter to the Chapecoense board.
The plane with the Chapecoense delegation headed for Medellin, Colombia, crashed shortly before landing, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The team would play the final of the South American Cup against Atletico Nacional. Among the victims are players, members of the technical commission, board, journalists and crew.
Barcelona honored Chapecoense with minutes of silence before the matches against Real Madrid for the Spanish Championship and Borussia M'gladbach for the European Champions League last week, in addition to stopping training on the day of the tragedy. Coach Luis Enrique was the first to mention the possibility of a friendly.
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