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UEFA to hold minute of silence for Nepal before every Champions League match

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • UEFA will hold a minute of silence and display “You are not alone, Nepal” banners before all matches in the first Champions League round.
  • Nepal raised its flood death toll to 1,355 and kept the number of missing at 4,996 nearly two weeks after a glacial collapse caused a destructive flood near the Tibetan border.
  • UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin expressed condolences and support for the people of Nepal on behalf of European football.

Every match in the opening round of the Champions League will begin with a minute of silence for Nepal, UEFA announced. Matches on Tuesday and Wednesday will also feature banners reading, “You are not alone, Nepal.”

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said the entire European football family would stand together before the week’s games to express its “deepest condolences and support” for the people of Nepal. “We wish them strength and resilience as they continue to recover from this tragedy and its aftermath,” he added.

You are not alone, Nepal.

· UEFAThe message will appear on banners at all matches in the opening Champions League round.

The tribute comes as Nepal’s reported death toll from the flood rose to 1,355. The number of missing remained at 4,996 nearly two weeks after the disaster destroyed entire settlements near the border with Tibet, China. Thousands of rescuers were still searching for survivors.

The entire European football family will stand together before the matches this week to express our deepest condolences and support for the people of Nepal.

· Aleksander CeferinThe UEFA president described the football community’s solidarity with Nepal.

At least 589 foreign citizens are among the missing, including two Spaniards. Identification remains the biggest challenge, and the Nepalese government has so far returned only 98 bodies to their families.

The flood began on Aug. 26 after a glacial collapse in Nepal. A mass of ice, rocks and mud reached Gyirong and destroyed a border crossing between Nepal and the Tibet region. The Champions League’s first league-phase round includes matches involving Real Madrid, Inter, Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and other European clubs.

We wish them strength and resilience as they continue to recover from this tragedy and its aftermath.

· Aleksander CeferinHe offered support to people affected by the flood.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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