Palmeiras ultras attack ‘the system’ and use 2025 Flamengo images

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·11 August 2026

Palmeiras ultras attack ‘the system’ and use 2025 Flamengo images

The gap between Palmeiras and Flamengo has shrunk in the race for the top of the Brasileirão

The runner-up finishes in 2025 still hurt Palmeiras fans. That is because Mancha Alviverde, Palmeiras’ organized supporters group, protested against an alleged system that harms the club. The video posted by the fans brings back last year’s Libertadores final against Flamengo.

— We saw the full force of the law awaken fiercely for some, while it sleeps in a splendid cradle for others. The same gesture, the same choice, going through courts with absurdly different weights. Criminal decisions being treated as fate when they hurt us, and as scandal when they favor us -, said an excerpt from the video by the Palmeiras group.

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How did Palmeiras’ organized supporters group use Flamengo plays?

As the narrator speaks of “criminal decisions,” the video shows Erick Pulgar striking Bruno Fuchs’ shin. Supporters of the São Paulo-based team say the Flamengo midfielder should have been sent off for the play in the 2025 Libertadores final.

Next, the post shows Jorginho pushing Gustavo Gómez in the second half of the 2025 Brasileirão season. The organized supporters group argues that the referee should have awarded a penalty, which did not happen.

What is the origin of the theory about the ‘system’ that would be harming Palmeiras?

The protest video surfaced after Flamengo cut the gap to six points in the race for the top of the Brasileirão. That is because the Mengão beat Vitória, while Palmeiras drew with Internacional in the 22nd round.

The situation recalls a statement by João Martins, Abel Ferreira’s assistant coach, who in 2023 accused a system of preventing Palmeiras from becoming Brazilian champions. That edition ended with the São Paulo club winning the title.

The supporters group’s content, however, did not mention Raphael Veiga’s stomp on Jorge Carrascal’s shin in the final of that same Libertadores. Nor did the video address the penalty not awarded to São Paulo after Allan’s sliding tackle on Tapia in the second half of the 2025 Brasileirão season.

What is the author’s opinion on the Mancha Alviverde video?

To me, it sounds like premature whining, or preventive whining. ‘Let’s start complaining now, because if we lose the lead we’ll say we already warned about the system.’ In truth, it borders on victimhood,” said João Vítor Reis, from Coluna do Fla, who added: “What they call a ‘system’ is just the reality of Brazilian football. One day a guy’s team will benefit from it, and the next it will be harmed by it. Palmeiras’ Barboza kicked Internacional’s Carbonero in the head in the last round, but he was not sent off. Where was the ‘system’ in that play?” he opined.

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