Flamengo fans lead the team into Libertadores 2008. Watch them
Monday, 26 November 07, 08:12 AM · Comments(5)
It is not only about another cliche that the fans can make the difference.
Flamengo, the most popular Brazilian team according to the last survery (14% of the country), was ranked 19 in the current Brazilian Championship (Brasileirao) after the end of the first half of the tournament.
It is true that the team had 4 games yet to play due to the Pan 2007, cause Maracana remained focused in the competition during those days. After that, Flamengo had 17 games home. They won 13, tied 3 and lost just one. The results put the team into the third place of the tournament just one round to go. Better than that, Flamengo is already one of the 4 teams to make Libertadores 2008.
The crowd was amazing during that come-from-behind. Game after game, the team set news records of attendence. Numbers that could be compared to the Premiership or the Bundesliga. In the last 6 games home, at Maracanain Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo had more than 60.000 people watching. Last Sunday's game, against Atletico Paranaense, 2 x 0, was attended by 87.000 expectators.
Here some videos about this madness created between Flamengo and its crowd during the tournament that led a not-so-good-team into the final three. The crowd is of the most creatives, starting songs that usually are used by other teams in the country. Feel it.
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Great videos mautex.
What are the Flamengo fans singing in the first video? What does it mean?
The melody is from "Victory's Team" used by Globo TV after each Formula 1 Brazilian win (Massa, Barrichello, Senna, Piquet and Fittipaldi). But the theme has no lyrics and then the crowd came up with
something like
'I wil always love you',
'guts, love and passion',
my Mengo...
'wherever you are, I will be there' There is another video from Ronaldo (AC Milan), himself a Flamengo Fan,
singing this song.
the creativeness started at
olimpico monumental some time ago, with grêmios creative chants, but okay.
ahhahahaahahahahahah
Compare Gremio fans with Flamengo fans is the biggest joke I've ever heard. Gremio fans are nothing compared to Flamengo fans in Maracana.
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i already watched a flamengos match at maracana before but i totally agree nowadays this can be an amazing experience and its fan are making really the difference.
the creativeness started at
olimpico monumental some time ago, with grêmios creative chants, but okay.
as the most popular team of this country they can have the credits. it is impressive indeed. :O)
k bom