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Tributes paid at Arena Conda memorial after Chapecoense tragedy

Thousands gathered to pay tribute to the victims of this week's tragic plane crash in Colombia at Chapecoense's Arena Conda on Saturday.

Players, backroom staff and officials from the Brazilian club, as well as a number of journalists, were among the 71 people to lose their lives when the flight carrying them to the Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional went down in Cerro Gordo, La Union.

Amid torrential rain in the town of Chapeco, coffins - which arrived from Colombia earlier in the day and were covered in Chapecoense's green and white colours - were walked through the stadium, along with respective photographs and shirts of those who died.