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Flamengo president Bap opened his heart when commenting on the beginning of his story in the club’s politics

Flamengo from the early 1990s to the late 2000s brought many headaches to the fans. With Bap, the club’s current president, it was no different. The team influenced the mood of the then-businessman so much that help from an international coach became necessary.

Not understanding Bap’s passion for Flamengo, the professional even suggested that the current red-and-black president give up the club of his heart. However, the suggestion sparked outrage and, after everything was smoothed over, it began the process that ended with Luiz Eduardo Baptista at the head of Mengo’s presidency. As he recalled the situation, the executive was moved to tears.

WHAT DID BAP SAY?

— He asked me what Flamengo did to me. I feel hatred, I feel indignation, I get furious. And he said: ‘What are your reactions?’ Then I said that I break the things around me because of Flamengo. Flamengo affects my life a lot. We kept talking, and he kept taking notes. Then he said the following: ‘Let’s eliminate Flamengo from your life.’ I started insulting him for about 15 minutes, said he didn’t understand a damn thing —, Bap began.

— I convinced him, and he said we should turn the page and not eliminate Flamengo from my life (Bap starts crying). He says: ‘So, let’s embrace it. How do you get involved? Become a member?’ And that’s how our movement to form Chapa Azul began, in 2012, but it started in 2009 —, added the Flamengo president in an interview with ‘Espresso’.

WHAT IS BAP’S HISTORY WITH FLAMENGO LIKE?

As Bap highlighted, it was drawn up starting in 2009, and in 2012 a group of successful businessmen launched Chapa Azul, which had the current chairman on the team and Eduardo Bandeira de Mello as president, elected the following year. Since then, members of that group have remained in power, and Luiz Eduardo Baptista reached the club’s top position last year.

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