Friday, December 2, 2016

Colombia crash survivor Neto will play soccer again, father says (Reuters)

FILE PHOTO - Football Soccer - Chapecoense v San Lorenzo - Copa Sudamericana semifinals - Arena Conda stadium, Chapeco, Brazil, 23/11/16. Martin Cauteruccio (R) of San Lorenzo and Neto of Chapecoense in action. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO (Reuters) - One of the three surviving soccer players pulled from the wreckage of the Colombian air crash that killed 71 people this week is doing well after leg surgery and will play again, his father said. "My son is getting better all the time," Helam Marinho Zampier, father of Chapecoense player Helio Neto, wrote in a Facebook post late on Thursday night. "He has just had surgery on his leg, and doctors affirm he will play football again," the post said.


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