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Argentines pay tribute to Sala at special memorial [Photos]

A girl wearing Emiliano Sala's jersey, former striker of French club Nantes, who died in a plane crash in the English Channel, attends his wake in Progreso, Argentina February 16, 2019 [Courtesy]

Grieving Argentines paid tribute to footballer Emiliano Sala on Saturday at a special memorial in his home region of Santa Fe.

The body of the 28-year old Sala, who died in a plane crash last month, was laid out in a gymnasium in the town where he grew up so friends and family could pay their last respects.

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