Flamengo Condemns Fortaleza Over Visiting Ticket Prices and Reported Harassment at Castelão

Overview

• In an official note on Monday, Flamengo repudiated Fortaleza’s pricing for the visiting sector and criticized an incident in which a Fortaleza supporter reportedly harassed spectators during Saturday’s match.
• Flamengo said the visiting tickets averaged R$231.95 and called the policy incompatible with isonomy, asserting that away fans accounted for more than 70% of the gross revenue.
• The match financial bulletin recorded 36,815 attendees, with 8,962 in the visiting sector, and R$2.71 million in box office receipts, including R$2.07 million from tickets sold to Flamengo supporters.
• The club reported that a Fortaleza fan confronted two people wearing black shirts, who were then removed from the sector, and news coverage referenced video of the episode.
• Flamengo contrasted the episode with mixed-seating practices at the Maracanã and pledged to keep advocating for fair play and civility, while no formal response from Fortaleza or sanctions were reported in the articles.