274 Corona deaths, 3 goals: macabre football in Rio

With a 3-0 win against Bangu AC, multi-champion CR Flamengo ushered in the final phase of the regional state championship and immediately secured their semi-final ticket to the Campeonato Carioca. At the same time, according to local media, the field hospital set up on the adjacent area of the mystical arena recorded two deaths on Thursday. Despite the makeshift emergency room within shouting distance, music boomed loudly through the deserted arena before the game. Hilderaldo Bellini, captain of the 1958 World Cup winners, ostentatiously wore a mask on his statue at the Maracana entrance. With 274 COVID-19 deaths, the state still recorded its third worst day during the pandemic and now has 8.412 victims and 87.317 cases of illness. However, the city of Rio itself reports declining numbers. However, not everyone wants to play football. Shortly before the Flamengo game, arch-rivals Fluminense FC and Botafogo FR announced that they would go to the Supreme Sports Court (STJ) to postpone their restart planned for Monday to the beginning of July. A regional body in Rio had previously rejected her application. How macabre and crazy the situation has become is shown by the fact that Fluminense only want to start team training on Friday and Botafogo even a day later. At the opening game on Thursday in the Maracana, balls and benches were disinfected and the number of delegations was reduced to 40 people per team. The regional state championship was interrupted in mid-March. The start of the national league, originally scheduled for May, has been postponed indefinitely.

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274 Corona deaths, 3 goals: macabre football in Rio

After a break of a good three months, the ball is rolling again in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana football temple - even though the Corona numbers in Brazil continue to skyrocket.

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