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Emiliano Sala: Minute's silence to be held at all Champions League and Europa League games for Cardiff City footballer

Clubs competing in Uefa competition matches this week will also have the option to wear black armbands in memory of Sala

Samuel Lovett
Tuesday 12 February 2019 10:26 GMT
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Emiliano Sala: Body identified as footballer after plane wreckage recovered

A minute’s silence will be held across all Champions League and Europa League matches this week in tribute to Emiliano Sala.

Sala, 28, was the only passenger on the aircraft being flown by British pilot David Ibbotson when it went missing on 21 January.

The wreckage of the plane was discovered on the seabed of the English Channel last week between Guernsey and the Devon coastline.

Sala’s body was formally identified on 7 February after being recovered from the underwater wreckage last week and brought to shore.

“On behalf of everyone at Uefa, I would like to express my sincerest condolences to the family and loved ones of Emiliano Sala for their loss,” said Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.

“I am deeply saddened that his life was so cruelly taken away at such a young age and I urge supporters across the continent to pay their respects to his memory over the coming days.”

Clubs competing in Uefa competition matches this week will also have the option to wear black armbands in memory of Sala.

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