No giving up: Taça das Bolinhas verdict voided, São Paulo, Flamengo fight | OneFootball

At the beginning of this July, Flamengo once again went to court to fight São Paulo over the controversial Taça das Bolinhas, a trophy that the Rio club is still complaining about to the CBF.

The Rio de Janeiro club filed an appeal with the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region (TRF-3), requesting a stay to prevent the CBF from handing the trophy over to Tricolor before the end of the case still pending in court. And it was granted.

Flamengo itself announced at the beginning of the week that the Federal Court of São Paulo reconsidered the decision that had ordered the Taça das Bolinhas to be handed over to the Morumbi team.

So, the trophy remains without an owner. After reviewing the case, the 12th Federal Civil Court of São Paulo revoked the order to deliver the trophy and denied Tricolor’s request to the CBF, recognizing that it is up to the courts in Rio de Janeiro to decide its fate, the rival in the dispute reported.

The Taça das Bolinhas controversy is quite old and has been dragging on for more than a decade in the national scene, with some decisions already favorable to São Paulo regarding possession of the trophy still under legal dispute. However, Flamengo is clinging to new appeals to try to prevent that, until the case is definitively closed.

The honor was created by the CBF to pay tribute to the first club to win three consecutive titles or five non-consecutive Brazilian Championship titles. The confusion arises because the Rio club claims to have achieved the feat in 1987, a year in which Brazil’s top football body does not recognize Fla’s national title, but rather Sport’s.

Thus, it emphasized that São Paulo, after winning its fifth national title in the 2007 Brasileirão, was the rightful holder of the Taça das Bolinhas. Meanwhile, the decision continues to drag on, and the Taça das Bolinhas remains in the possession of the CBF until the courts finally define São Paulo as its legitimate holder.

SEE THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY FLAMENGO:

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo informs that the decision by the Federal Court of São Paulo ordering the delivery of the “Taça das Bolinhas” to São Paulo Futebol Clube was reconsidered this Monday (07/13), following an appeal filed by Flamengo.

Upon reexamining the case, the 12th Federal Civil Court of São Paulo revoked the order to hand over the trophy and denied São Paulo’s request, recognizing that the jurisdiction to decide the destination of the trophy belongs to the courts of Rio de Janeiro.

The Taça das Bolinhas therefore remains in the custody of Caixa Econômica Federal, exactly as determined by the Rio court. Flamengo remains confident in the definitive recognition of its rights over the trophy.

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