Flamengo mocks journalist outraged by club’s campaign at the UN | OneFootball

Flamengo’s Membership Plan Page Jokes About Journalist Arnaldo Ribeiro’s Comment

The “official statement” given by Flamengo on Tuesday (09) divided opinions. While the rubro-negros (Flamengo fans) celebrated the petition to become a ‘Symbolic Nation of the UN’, those who don’t like the Most Beloved were outraged. This was the case with São Paulo journalist Arnaldo Ribeiro, who called the Mengão movement “club arrogance.” On Wednesday (10), the club’s official membership page responded with irony.

WHAT DID FLAMENGO POST?

“Good afternoon, ‘Club Arrogants.’ Have you called everyone to sign the petition yet? Zico set the goal at 500,000. Let’s go?”, wrote the ‘Nação Sócio-Torcedor’ page on X (formerly Twitter), the club’s official channel. In the comments, the Nation had fun with the jab.

“Loved the sarcasm, keep it coming,” wrote one Flamengo fan. “Right in Arnaldo Ribeiro’s face. The Big Bad is on another level,” typed another. Many others posted laughing emojis, picking up on the club’s irony towards the journalist, who is an avowed São Paulo fan.

SO, WHAT DID ARNALDO RIBEIRO SAY?

During a debate on the subscription channel ‘BandSports’ on Tuesday (09), Arnaldo completely disagreed with the action promoted by Flamengo. Moreover, the journalist believes that the movement promoted by the Most Beloved drives fans away rather than attracting them.

— This thing about being bigger than others, feeling bigger than others… Club arrogance. I don’t think it’s measured only by the number of fans. Anyway, that’s it. I never understand when a popular club takes this initiative, when it wants to separate itself and become something unique, and not admired by others. It happens a lot. This drives people away, not brings them closer — said Arnaldo Ribeiro on ‘BandSports’.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO’S PETITION?

The campaign, which aims to make Flamengo the first “symbolic-cultural Nation” on the planet, seeks to engage the massive rubro-negra fanbase in a symbolic movement. Recognition by the UN, even if only symbolic, would be the international validation of a phenomenon already present in Brazil and around the world. The campaign allows for direct participation from fans, who can support the cause by signing the digital petition. To do so, just go to peticao.flamengo.com.br.

In short, in less than seven hours of the campaign, the movement reached over 100,000 signatures, numbers that were expected only by the weekend, according to Flamengo. By early Wednesday evening (10), the campaign had already seen participation from over 370,000 rubro-negros.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.