VANIER: Welcome back, everyone. We want to till you about a football club loved in Brazil and around the world that played its first game on Saturday since an awful tragedy. In November, almost all of the players and staff of the Chapecoense team were killed in a plane crash. They were on their way to Colombia at the time, chasing their dream of winning a major South American tournament. Our Don Riddell has more.</s>DON RIDDELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It wasn't how they thought they would be returning to Chapecoense. But these men are lucky to have returned at all. Nieto, Jackson Follman and Alan Ruschel came home to their football club on Saturday for the most extraordinary trophy presentation. But for everyone involved, it was far from a happy occasion. It was, in fact, a brutal ordeal.</s>RIDDELL (voice-over): No shouting, no screaming, no fist bumps or back slaps. Just profound sorrow and grief. These are the wives, fiancees, girlfriends and children of the victims. And it was not a celebration. In their worst nightmares, none could have imagined that such a wonderful adventure would end like this. They accepted the medals on behalf of their loved ones, consoled by the few players to have survived November's devastating</s>VANIER: We thank you for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Cyril Vanier. I'm back with the headlines in just a moment.
Chapecoense Return to the Field.