Flamengo or Sport? Benjamin Back settles the 1987 title debate | OneFootball

Benja states that it makes no sense to bring together Série A and Série B teams to decide the champion

Amid the FIFA international break and the decision regarding the pending match between Flamengo and Sport, members of a sports program decided to revive an endless controversy between the two clubs. Thus, host Benjamin Back declared, this Thursday (09), that the Most Beloved is the true Brazilian champion of 1987.

“In ‘87’, the legitimate Brazilian champion is Flamengo. That regulation is bizarre. The Série A champion team has to play against the Série B champion to decide who... It makes no sense,” criticized Benja during Arena SBT.

What happened in 1987?

First, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), in 1987, admitted its financial inability to organize the Brasileirão. So, the CBF authorized the Clube dos 13, a now-defunct group of the country’s main football clubs, to create the Copa União.

The competition, which brought together 16 of the most prominent teams, was called the Green Module. However, the CBF backtracked, organized the Yellow Module, and demanded a playoff between the winners of the two modules to determine the overall champion.

Flamengo and Internacional, the top teams from the Green Module, refused to face Sport and Guarani, the leaders of the Yellow Module, which resulted in Sport winning by default (W.O.) in the final quadrangular.

Flamengo won the Green Module, considered by many as the first division of that year’s Brasileirão. Therefore, facing Sport made no sense for Zico and company.

When will Sport vs Flamengo take place this year?

The CBF has set the rescheduled match between Sport and Flamengo for November 13, starting at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time). The match is valid for the 12th round of the Campeonato Brasileiro.

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