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Chapecoense seal Serie B title thanks to Anselmo Ramon's Panenka penalty

Chapecoense's fightback against adversity continued on Saturday when they clinched the Brazilian Serie B title - which was sealed with a Panenka penalty.

The club have a huge amount of goodwill around the world after the plane crash that took the lives of 19 players in 2016 - with only six of the 77 onboard the flight surviving.

The team fought on and finished a brilliant eighth in the top-flight table in 2017, but the magnitude of the crash took a toll and they slipped to 14th in 2018 and suffered relegation in 2019.

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But they have bounced back and will be in the Brazilian top flight again next season.