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Globo Presenter Tiago Medeiros Did Not Hide His Disappointment with Flamengo Fans' Show in Pernambuco

In Recife, Northeastern supporters of Flamengo are generally not well-accepted. Openly regionalist, those born in the capital of Pernambuco treat their love for local clubs as a matter of resistance. On Saturday (15), the fact that the Nação (Flamengo fans) had more representatives in the stands than Sport supporters outraged Globo journalist Tiago Medeiros.

“A stab to the soul of the Sport fan, delivered by those who should lead, defend its values and feelings. On the same day we say goodbye to Milton Bivar, a director whose profile was ‘knowing how to feel.’ 11/15/25 is the saddest day in the history of Sport Club do Recife,” wrote Tiago Medeiros on Twitter.

BUT WHY SO MUCH ANGER, MY JEWEL?

Host of ‘Bora pro Jogo’, which airs half an hour before Globo’s Sunday matches, and also of ‘Globo Esporte Pernambuco’, Tiago Medeiros is affectionately known as ‘Minha Joia’ (My Jewel). However, the journalist was left ‘without shine’ after the show put on by the Nação Rubro-Negra at the Arena de Pernambuco.

This is because, out of more than 19,000 people present at the Arena de Pernambuco, approximately 15,000 were Flamengo fans. Not counting the ‘undercover’ ones who entered the section for the Recife team. In other words, for the first time in history, visiting fans outnumbered the home supporters at a Sport game in the state. Something that ‘wounded the soul’ of the followers of the bottom team in the Brasileirão.

Without mentioning names, Tiago Medeiros’ outburst indirectly refers to current president Yuri Romão, responsible for selling the home advantage to the Arena de Pernambuco. According to Sport fans, if the match had taken place at Ilha do Retiro, the historic embarrassment in the stands would not have happened.

WHAT WAS THE FLAMENGO FANS' SHOW LIKE?

With chants of “happy birthday to you” for Flamengo’s anniversary, “olé” and “arerê, Sport is going to play in Série B”, the Nação felt at home at the Arena de Pernambuco. With the ball rolling, the home team (which was actually the visitor) even opened the scoring with Pablo. However, the 1987 champion turned it around to 5-1, with goals from Luiz Araújo, Juninho, Bruno Henrique, Ayrton Lucas, and Douglas Telles.

Besides relegating Sport, the match at the Arena de Pernambuco put Flamengo at the top of the Brasileirão. Now, the Most Beloved will try to defend their spot this Wednesday (19), against Fluminense, at Maracanã, for the 34th round of the competition.

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