Understand the reason for the disagreement between Corinthians and Flamengo over the use of the Neo Química Arena
Arena Neo Química was Flamengo's choice to face Athletico-PR, on September 13th, in the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship. Corinthians, however, refused to rent its stadium to the Rio club. Instead, Fla made its choice of Cariacica, in Espírito Santo, official. The change comes at a time when Maracanã will be closed for at least 20 days, to carry out improvements to the pitch. RELATED VIDEO Off the field: Police release images of Corinthians bus accident Off the field 08/24/2023 Corinthians Upcoming Corinthians games: where to watch live, dates, times and schedule Corinthians 10/10/2023 Corinthians Marcelinho Carioca biggest idol from Corinthians? Lance Team! Weighs legends of the Corinthian club 08/24/2023 The teams will not officially comment on Flamengo's demand and Corinthians' refusal. However, Lance's report! He sought behind-the-scenes information to understand why the Timão arena was not rented to the Rubro-Negros. + Renew your stock of Timão t-shirts with the coupon LANCEFUT 10% OFF For Flamengo, the priority was the use of Mané Garrincha, in Brasília, but the state of the field and the holding of a festival last year days before the clash in The BRB Arena left the situation unfeasible. Rubro-Negro then moved on to other options and defined the Kleber Andrade Stadium, in Cariacica, as an alternative. However, the Corinthians Stadium was found before Flamengo fans made the game official in Espírito Santo. Corinthians does not want to say what led them to refuse, or even offer, the place to Rubro-Negro, as they recently did to Bragantino. On August 10, Massa Bruta used the black and white team to host América-MG, in the Copa Sudamericana, because Nabi Abi Chedid did not have the minimum capacity to host games in the round of 16 of the continental competition. + Adson is next! Check out the Corinthians supermarket under the command of Duílio In 2021, Timão ceded the Neo Química Arena to Flamengo, who played a classic with Fluminense, in Itaquera, for the Brasileirão ti' that day. Until then, the Rio team was led by Rodolfo Landim and had Marcos Braz as vice-president of football. Duílio Monteiro Alves and Rodolfo Landim, presidents of Corinthians and Flamengo, respectively, pose for a photo with CBF and FIFA directors (Photo: Lucas Figueiredo/CBF) However, relations between the boards of Corinthians and Flamengo are not what it was at the time. The situation was exacerbated by disagreements before last year's Copa do Brasil final, which was decided within the 'ob itself. The main issue was the price of tickets for Maracanã fans. Corinthians' idea was, despite paying more than 'common games', to make ticket prices affordable for the decision, mainly considering the issue of the movement of fans who left the state to watch the match. There were a series of attempts to contact the black and white club to reach joint action with Flamengo, but they were ignored. + Marcelinho Carioca Corinthians biggest idol? Lance Team! He talks about the club's legends. The alternative that Timão found, then, was to charge an affordable price to its fans and pay the rest out of its own pocket. To this end, the black and white club offered visitors tickets for the first game, in Itaquera, for the same price established by Fla for the return game, at Maracanã. A way for the Parque São Jorge club to balance its coffers. Furthermore, from last year to now, there have been some differences in positioning between the clubs. Among them, the Libra stories. Flamengo leads a movement that goes against the interests of the majority of the collective's teams. 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