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Flamengo’s Opponent on Tuesday (10), Jair Ventura Mentioned the Fact That Mengão is ‘Unrelegatable’

In recent years, coach Jair Ventura has earned the label of ‘coach who saves teams from relegation’. After all, from 2020 to 2025, the manager managed to escape relegation with Sport, Juventude, Goiás, Juventude, and Vitória. Asked about this reputation, the son of former player Jairzinho mentioned Flamengo to highlight what it means to avoid dropping to Série B of the Brasileirão.

— Search the internet, find someone who saved five teams in nine years. There isn’t one. The day I don’t save one, don’t save another, maybe people will give me a different label. So how could I be upset about something positive? These are five extremely difficult achievements — said Jair Ventura.

— There are two teams that have never been relegated. After Santos went down, it’s just São Paulo and Flamengo. Ask the fans of the other teams who have been relegated about the importance of staying up. “Oh, but they’re celebrating staying up.” Let your team get relegated and see how it feels — the coach added in an interview with GE.

WHAT WAS JAIR VENTURA’S CONNECTION TO FLAMENGO LAST YEAR?

Curiously, Flamengo played an ‘important’ role in Jair Ventura’s fate last year. After Mengão thrashed Vitória 8-0 in 2025, the Bahia club’s board dismissed coach Fábio Carille and hired the Rio native to take over the team.

Vitória then bounced back in the competition, ‘helped’ Flamengo win the Brasileirão title by drawing 0-0 with Palmeiras in November, and managed to escape relegation in the final round of the competition. Now, Jair and Mengão will meet again.

WHEN IS VITÓRIA VS FLAMENGO?

Vitória, led by Jair Ventura, and Flamengo will face each other next Tuesday (10), in the third round of the Brasileirão, at Barradão. Before that, however, the Most Beloved has a commitment in the Campeonato Carioca. On Saturday (07), the current champion faces Sampaio Corrêa at Maracanã.

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