Palmeiras fans furious over Flamengo shirt launch with Shopee | OneFootball

Flamengo launched a new jersey this Thursday (16) with the partner

To mock Flamengo, Leila Pereira recently called the Rubro-Negro the “Real Madrid of Shopee.” So the Nation’s Favorite leaned into the joke and launched a jersey in partnership with the e-commerce platform company. However, Palmeiras fans were not too happy about it.

Since Flamengo took advantage of the moment to market and sell a product, Palmeiras fans felt that Leila had ‘handed’ Mengão a chance to make money. To annoy the runners-up of the 2025 Libertadores even more, the new kit features a star alluding to the fourth title won in Lima.

“Congratulations, Leila! Your ‘Real Madrid of Shopee’ comment made Flamengo create a jersey with Shopee. Making even more money. Eurico in a skirt,” vented one Palmeiras fan on social media. “The way Palmeiras humiliates itself is funny,” wrote another. “That was a set-up play. Auntie Leila is also Mengão,” joked a Flamengo fan.

SO, WHAT IS THIS NEW FLAMENGO JERSEY LIKE?

Despite Palmeiras fans’ despair, the jersey was not launched because of Leila. In fact, for the second year in a row, Flamengo and Shopee created a jersey priced more affordably than the traditional Sacred Jersey. The one unveiled this Thursday (16) starts at R$ 92.40.

The new jersey stands out by offering a high-quality licensed item at an affordable cost for fans, with the aim of delivering products increasingly aligned with supporters’ expectations. The piece is also inspired by a historic milestone for the club, as it became the first Brazilian team to win the main tournament in the Americas for the fourth time, in November 2025.

In addition, that achievement is represented by the four stars on the back of the jersey, along with the years of the titles (1981, 2019, 2022, and 2025), adding symbolic value and reinforcing the collection’s identity. The success was so great that less than eight hours after the launch, Shopee’s website showed the product as sold out.

AFTER ALL, WHAT WAS THE CONTEXT OF LEILA’S COMMENT?

In a speech calling for unity among clubs, Leila Pereira took a jab at Flamengo. After all, Flamengo president Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, usually says that Mengão needs to be the Real Madrid of the Americas. So the Palmeiras president mocked that idea.

– There are clubs that think they are Real Madrid, though they may at most be the Real Madrid of Shopee. To get there, you need to keep your feet on the ground and understand that we all need one another, no one is bigger than anyone else. That was this president’s mindset. I need the other clubs, I don’t play alone — said Leila at the beginning of the month.

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