SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Chapecoense's opponents in the last game of the Brazilian league season said they would not play the match out of respect for the stricken club who lost most of their players in a plane crash, the president of Atletico Mineiro said on Thursday.
Daniel Nepomuceno told Atletico Mineiro's web site that he had been in touch with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), which had given its blessing.
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