Vasco e Flemish They face each other this Saturday (19), at 18:30 (Brasília time), for the fifth round of Brasileirão. Known as ‘Classic of the Millions’the rivalry between the teams is centenary.
In 2025, the teams faced each other three times, all for the Carioca Championship. At all times, the red-black came out with the victory, the latest one being 2-1 in the return game of the semifinals.
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Why is the confrontation called ‘classic of the millions’?
The ‘classic nickname’ nickname arose as a way to highlight the magnitude of this clash, especially due to the huge number of fans that the two clubs gather. The game record of the game is over 174,000 people in Maracanã, on April 4, 1976, in the sixth round of the Guanabara Cup. The game in question was won by Flamengo 3-1.
The dispute between the two Rio clubs goes far beyond the four lines. Since the days of Remo, in the early twentieth century, the teams already competed with each other. When football began to gain greater protagonism in the Brazilian sports scene, this rivalry moved naturally to the lawns. The first game between Flamengo and Vasco in football took place in 1923, and since then the confrontation has only grown in importance.
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How Vasco and Flamengo arrive
Cruzmaltino arrives for the confrontation after losing to Ceará 2-1. In the last five games, Fábio Carille’s team has had two wins, two losses and a draw.
Flamengo comes from a 6-0 win over Youth. In the five most recent clashes, there were four wins and one defeat, and the team is unbeaten in the Brazilian Championship.
Retrospect of the last five games between Vasco x Flamengo
- 03/08/2025: Flamengo 2 x 1 Vasco
- 03/01/2025: Vasco 0 x 1 Flamengo
- 02/15/2025: Flamengo 2 x 0 Vasco
- 09/15/2024: Flamengo 1 x 1 Vasco
- 02/06/2024: Vasco 1 x 6 Flamengo
Scorers of the classic of the millions
- Roberto Dinamite: 27 goals
- Zico: 19 goals / Romário: 19 goals
- Ademir de Menezes: 18 goals
- Bebeto: 17 goals
- PILILLO: 16 goals
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