Football Soccer - Gremio v Atletico Mineiro - Copa do Brasil final - Game 2 - Arena do Gremio stadium, Porto Alegre, Brazil - 7/12/16 - Players of Gremio celebrate with the Copa do Brasil trophy. REUTERS/Diego Vara
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Gremio won the Brazilian Cup for a record fifth time on Wednesday after a 1-1 draw at home to Atletico Mineiro in an emotion charged game that honoured the players from the Chapecoense team killed in an airplane crash.
The 55,000 fans at the Arena Gremio observed a minute's silence before the game, the first senior match in Brazil since 71 people, including the bulk of the Chapecoense side, were killed in the airplane crash in Colombia.
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