"Its still hard to believe. And instead of sitting excitedly in front of televisions to watch the action in Colombia, the people of Chapeco, a provincial city of about 200,000, trooped into their stadium to mourn and join in ecumenical prayer., It is the home stadium of the Chapecoense team which was wiped out in a Colombian air crash.Though the plans have not been finalized and there isnt even a fixed date for the bodies return, emergency services did a dry run Wednesday of the route that the coffins would take from the airport to the stadium. "Chapeco is not a big city.Chapeco (Brazil), Dec 1 (AFP) The fans of Brazils Chapecoense football club crammed into at the Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco. This is why I decided to come and pay my respects for the players who left Chapeco with a dream and who will never be forgotten," wholesale empty gel capsule said student Daniel Augusto Barrera, 21.For the vice president of the football club, though, reality has already set in -- brutally. It has become something human.The team had an outsized presence here and its inspiring story of unknowns who rose to take on champions had spread across Brazil.The stadium in Chapeco, southern Brazil, was a solid wall of green as fans and mourners dressed in the team shirt stood shoulder to shoulder.

Its hard to keep going," she said."Our desire is for a group wake to be held here," said club official Gelson Della Costa at a press conference, adding that the families permission was being sought.They gathered at exactly the hour their team, which just a few years ago was in Brazils gritty lower leagues, should have been kicking off in Medellin, Colombia against Atletico Nacional for the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana finals. Club leaders said they hope to organize a mass wake at the stadium to give the players a true Chapecoense sendoff. "It was very difficult on entering the meeting room in the morning and seeing all the empty seats of our companions, and knowing that I was also on the list to travel but didnt go in the end," said Ivan Tozzo, his voice trembling.

Players who had not been on the doomed flight, youth academy members, relatives of those killed and throngs upon throngs of ordinary fans joined together, all in the team colors. We would meet (the players) in the street, anywhere. We are in deep sorrow," said Valemar Jardine, 50, who runs a newsstand. I think well only really take it in when the dead arrive. "We have to fight to try to rebuild a team that will be as good and to keep going. Life doesnt stop," he said.Instead of participating in what would have been the biggest match in the clubs history, the team, many of the chief staff, and 20 Brazilian journalists were killed when their charter plane slammed into a mountainside short of the airport late Monday.. There were few dry eyes as a film was projected to pay homage to the dead team mates.Teacher Aline Fonseca, 21, said the sudden deaths of the team members had torn a hole in the community."This gathering -- they deserved twice as a big a gathering," said pensioner Nelio Dalbosco, 73.The first bodies were expected to be flown back from Colombia, where they are being identified, later this week."I think this transcends football.

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