You what?! Corinthians member shamed by opposition banner: “Terrorism” | OneFootball

A Corinthians-supporting member of São Paulo’s social club, who doesn’t even bother hiding how often he attends the rival’s matches in Itaquera and is notably a supporter of former president Julio Casares, stole the spotlight in Tricolor messaging groups this Friday (15). And, of course, made a fool of himself.

Amid a delicate moment for the team and the expectation surrounding the announcement of Dorival Júnior as the new head coach, the “infiltrator” thought it was a good idea to attack the opposition to Harry Massis’s management. But he used a rather unconventional way to do it. And ended up generating more dislike than support.

In a WhatsApp group of São Paulo supporters, the Corinthians fan decided to lash out against a banner displayed by the group “Nova Era Tricolor,” made up of members who, since last year, have been carrying out a series of protests in the social club area calling for the removal of people linked to Casares.

One of those banners happens to refer to a sign installed in the seat-holder area at Morumbi. And it has become an internal mantra among members: “Here, you only support São Paulo Futebol Clube.”

That seems to have been the reason for the “infiltrator” to overreact, labeling the outraged São Paulo supporters as “Novo Cangaço,” a reference to criminal gangs that rob banks in small countryside towns.

“Guys, we need to talk about this group that is actually the NEW CANGAÇO of our Social Club. This little group wants to turn our beloved Social Club into an extension of the Morumbis stands. They want to make our social club a stage for conflict and division — and that cannot be acceptable! How many of us don’t have friends, family members, and acquaintances who support other teams? And not just adults, the kids too! And most of them respect São Paulo as much as or even more than many São Paulo supporters who attend our club,” he wrote.

It is worth noting that we have intentionally kept the grammatical mistakes here to preserve the integrity of the messages.

“I see many members drifting away from the club outraged by this! And the solution is clear: we cannot let members of this New Cangaço get elected this year! It’s very curious that they present themselves as ‘apolitical’ (lol), but their actions speak much louder than their words. WE WILL NEVER ABANDON EACH OTHER!”, he added, giving himself away, since the phrase used at the end is a clear reference to the rival from the east side of the city.

Questioned and ridiculed, the Corinthians fan still went on to call the protesting members terrorists.

“But the bylaws are there for that. Anyone inside here who disrespects SP will suffer the consequences of the bylaws. Simple as that. I soncerely thought this banner was at the very least in poor taste. It borders on intimidation. If that wasn’t the intention, it’s better to rethink the phrases being used to try to express each person’s feelings. This isn’t politics… it’s something threatening that is happening at the club. It’s the example I gave of the respectful Palmeiras supporter, friend of the members, whose wife is a São Paulo supporter, for example. Should that guy be driven out of the club? It’s not politics! It’s terrorism,” he argued.

The movement to intimidate member-supporters of other clubs gained strength in the last elections, after reports that a Palmeiras supporter and a Santos supporter were elected as council members on slates backing Casares. In January, a Corinthians supporter ended up being targeted after making jokes about São Paulo during a barbecue that was taking place at the same time as the loss to Palmeiras in the Campeonato Paulista qualifying stage. In the following days, members of organized supporter groups began organizing football matches at the club almost daily to increase surveillance. Even so, it is important to stress that there have never been any recorded cases of assaults against other members.

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