Chapecoense, the Brazilian football team which lost most of their squad in an air crash in November, have won their first international match since the accident.
The visitors beat Zulia 2-1 in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in their first ever tie in the Copa Libertadores, South America's main regional tournament.
The win puts them top of Group 7.
The club only won promotion to Brazil's top division in 2014.
But they surprised everyone when they reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana last year.
They were on their way to the first leg of that match when the plane went down near the Colombian city of Medellin; 71 people, including 19 players and staff, were killed.
Only six people on board survived, including three players: goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, defender Neto and winger Alan Ruschel.
Chapecoense included Neto and Ruschel in their squad for Tuesday's match.
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