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What did Jorginho, ex-Flamengo, say about refusing to work at Sport?

The Brasileirão of 1987 won by Flamengo often becomes a topic in sports news, as Sport also claims this trophy. Being part of the Mengão squad at the time, the former full-back Jorginho, who is now a coach, raised the tone on the subject and made clear the reason he never accepted to manage the Pernambuco team.

— I will never work at Sport. I am the 1987 Brazilian champion for Flamengo. I've said this and the Sport fans are upset. But it's a club that I have no possibility of going to work because I disagree -, he declared, before concluding:

— They tried to hire me twice and I said I wasn't going to say that Sport was the champion. And they wanted me to say it. I can't say something that I lived, that I experienced on the field. We (Flamengo) were the champions. They tried to change the rules but we didn't accept it at all -, concluded Jorginho in an interview with the ‘Basticast, from 365 Scores’ podcast.

WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN FLAMENGO AND SPORT IN THE 1987 BRASILEIRÃO?

Flamengo and Sport competed in the Brasileirão of 1987, however, in different modules. Thus, after Mengão won the green module of the tournament, which was managed by the ‘Club of 13’. The Pernambuco team won the yellow module, which had another administration.

Given this situation, Sport wanted Flamengo to play a final to actually define the champion of the Brasileirão of 1987. However, Mengão refused to enter the field and, therefore, the fight extends to the present day.

HOW MANY BRASILEIRÃO TITLES DOES FLAMENGO HAVE?

Before 1987, Flamengo had already won the Brasileirão in 1980, 1982 and 1983. After that, the Rubro-Negro won the competition again in 1992 and 2009, with the team that had Adriano Imperador and Petkovic in the squad. Finally, Mengão won the 2019 and 2020 editions.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO'S NEXT GAME IN THE BRASILEIRÃO?

In search of the ninth Brasileirão title, Flamengo returns to the field this Sunday (14) to face Juventude, for the 23rd round of the tournament. In summary, the ball rolls at 4pm (Brasília time), at Alfredo Jaconi Stadium, in Caxias do Sul.

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