Flamengo fans valued the players’ effort in the 4-2 defeat to Bayern on Sunday (29), in the round of 16 of the World Cup. After the final whistle, they left Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on the outskirts of Miami, shouting the club’s name.
The stadium was covered in red and black for the match between the Brazilian team and the German – uniform is also red – in the dispute for a place in the quarterfinals. Most of the 60,914 game viewers, a capacity of 65,300 in the stadium, the Rio team fans attended with battery and flags.
The team of fans of the team in Miami, Fla Miami, organized the day before a meeting and set up a group of Whatsapp for fans in the city. Friends Guilherme Barros, 47, businessman, Leonardo Dias, 48, veterinarian, and Luciana Moreira, 45, veterinarian, accompanied the organization of the fans by the group.
The trio traveled from Rio de Janeiro to the United States to watch only one Flamengo match, the first in Philadelphia, but eventually extending the trip to accompany the other games. According to them, those responsible for Fla Miami warned that they had distributed 4,000 flags through the arena chairs.
In the first half, with the team already losing, the fans tried to maintain optimism. “Frustrated, but hopeful. We knew it would be hard,” said Guilherme. The group took flags to the stadium with a tribute to Leonardo’s father, who died recently.
Businesswoman Ana Paula Andrade Peris de Melo, 47, and husband Fanilson Alves de Melo Júnior, 51, traveled from Uberlândia with their two children, 19 and 12, to watch the Flamengo game in Orlando last week.
Like the others, they also changed the date of the return ticket, which would be this Sunday (29), to travel to Miami to see the game against Bayern Munich. “The coming.
In the middle of the fans, in one of the stands, was also Rodoo Landim, former president of Flamengo. He said it was all four Flamengo games with his wife and three children and sees the club World Cup consolidating himself as a great championship.
Even in minority, there were fans of Bayern Munich who also crossed the ocean to accompany the team. Store manager Andy, 42, and Eva Children’s caregiver, 32, who preferred not to disclose the surname, traveled with their two young children to watch the clubs of the Club World Cup.
They arrived on June 14 and will be until July 7th. “Happy, it was a beautiful match. We never thought it would be easy. We know that the Brazilian League is strong,” said Andy.
They left minutes before the match ended because they needed to get the car and travel to Charlotte, in North Carolina, to follow this Monday (30) the game of another Brazilian team, Fluminense, against Inter Milan, in the round of 16.
Most Flamengo fans waited for the final whistle. And left the stadium shouting his pride.
