The world of sports is amazing. Is one of the best, and healthiest, ways to get entertained. It gets people crazy. If you’re a sports lover, you’ll find yourself not only in the game but in a team. The colors become your identity, the shirt your skin, the stadium your home, the fans and team your family. So on and so on the appeal it has is amazing.
In the case of soccer or football, for everyone else outside the U.S.A., is the most watched sport on the planet. With some of the most recognizable athletes, highest grossing and media exposure. But this month a tragedy struck the beloved game when Brazilian team Chapecoense crashed, killing the team, staff, journalists, flying crew and passengers.
The tragedy has made the world stop.
Especially the soccer/football one. But as well has shown that is in tragedy when some of the most honest and classy acts are shown.
The Brazilian club had been living their own Cinderella story.
In less than a decade, they have gone from Brazil’s 4th division to reach the Copa Sudamericana final.
Fox Sports Brazil paid the club a tribute.
By airing 90 minutes of silence at the moment the club Chapecoense would have face Colombian side Atletico Nacional in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday.
The social media campaign.
The sensitive tribute was shared using the hashtag #90MinutosDeSilêncio. Were Fox Sports Brasil only played a black screen and silence, for what it would have been these players final 90 minutes.
Other reactions.
Obviously, the world of football and even the fans of the team have shown their solidarity to Chapecoense.