Meet Chapecoense forward Alejandro Martinuccio Who Missed The Plane That Crashed Due to injury

Brazilian football team Chapecoense have lost the majority of their players in the plane crash in Colombia that killed at least 76 people, leaving the nine squad members who did not take part in the trip shocked and dismayed.


Chapecoense forward Alejandro Martinuccio was supposed to be the 23rd player in the roster to face Atletico Nacional in the first leg in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, but an injury kept him in Brazil.

Speaking to Radio LaRed, the player said: "It's a very difficult time. I got up with this news. I am very sad." He further explained that he got injured a month and a half ago and thus was unable to play.

Along with Martinuccio, the eight other Chapecoense players who stayed in Brazil while the team travelled to Medellin for the match were goalkeepers Marcelo Boeck and Nivalvo, defenders Rafael Lima and Demerson and midfielders Andrei, Moisés, Hyoram and Neném.