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No agreement with Flamengo and without much hope of success in a last card with the STJD, Atlético-MG should not be able to have a specific sector for their fans in the direct confrontation this Saturday, at 19:00 (GMT), by Brasileirão. But this will not prevent the presence of athletics at Maracanã, especially those who traveled from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro just for the match.
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A group of Atlético-MG fans outside the team’s hotel in Rio — Photo: Marcelo Cardoso
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At the entrance of the hotel where Galo is staying, in the Copacabana neighborhood, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, there is a constant movement of groups of athletics. With phones in their hands, waiting for news, they wait to find out if they will be able to buy tickets for a specific area dedicated to visiting fans at Maracanã.
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“A stadium security said they can release closer to the game,” one of them said. “If it doesn’t, we’ll go shirtless, in disguise,” admitted another. “We just can’t go without watching the game,” reiterated a third.
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Fans with Athletic-MG tattoos in line for tickets at Maracanã — Photo: Twitter
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In groups on the Internet, Atleticans who are in Rio have already started to organize themselves to buy tickets for a specific sector of the Maracanã, where they would stay “undercover”. Something similar to what happened in the match against Atlético-GO, in Goiânia, when, at a certain moment, there was a beginning of confusion among the fans.
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Asked about the concern with the safety of the fans in the game, the president of Galo, Sergio Coelho, preferred not to discuss the matter.
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Galo and Flamengo face off this Saturday, in a sort of “early end” at Maracanã. Both teams boast the best results in the competition. Atlético lead isolated, with 59 points, while Rubro-Negro (5th) has 46, but two games in hand.
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President of the Rooster throws in the towel
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Others still await a last-minute release for visiting fans, but as time goes on, the possibility is less likely. In contact with the give, the president Sergio Coelho himself admitted that the club has “throwed in the towel”.
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Sérgio Coelho displays the athletic shirt — Photo: Reproduction/TV Galo
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– I don’t believe (that a specific sector for Rooster will be possible). All the paths Atlético could take, including the relationship between the boards, we did. We applied to the CBF, we tried it through the STJD and Flamengo itself. They didn’t answer the phone calls and President Landim didn’t even answer me in the whatsapp – he complained.
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“Unfortunately, Flamengo’s posture prevailed” (Sergio Coelho)
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The CBF started to allow the presence of the visiting public at the Brasileirão games on October 18, when it published a new update in the Recommendation Protocol for the Return of the Public to the Stadiums.
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The rule provides that the visiting team has the right to request a charge of up to 10% of the tickets offered for sale, as long as they make the request to the home club at least three days in advance.
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Maracanã Stadium, stage of this Saturday’s game — Photo: Guilherme Moreira/ge
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Galo met the deadline, and by official letter, requested part of the tickets to Flamengo on October 21st. Rubro-Negro, however, did not respond to the demand from Minas Gerais, and the case ended up at the STJD.
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This Friday, the Court determined that Flamengo release the charge of tickets to Atlético, under the risk of suspension of those responsible and a fine of up to R$ 100,000. According to the norm, however, Galo would have to buy tickets for the home team, and then resell them to their fans.
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The problem is that, due to the delay in the process, Galo argues that the purchase of tickets is “unfeasible, given the sanitary requirements for fans’ access to the stadium and a very short time until the game.”
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