MENGO! MENGO!!

Went to watch Flamengo one of the big four Rio sides play against Rolandinho´s old side Gremio, a crucial match in the run in to Brazilian championship. Again used the excellent tour company ¨be a local¨ charging only 50 reais each (around £14) included pick up and drop off from the hostel and tickets for the match, right in the middle of the Flamengo supporters. The atmosphere is something to experience even if you dont´t like football, full of singing and the sounds of the samba made your hairs stand up on the back of your neck. The home supporters broke into a song which was very tuneful and infectious, it roughly translated to Mengo i will always follow you - you will forever be in my heart (hopefully to be heard on the video in portugese). The match started slow (too much at stake) but eventually panned out into a very exciting game if you were a Flamengo fan - and we were. The score - Flamengo 2 - Gremio 0 made it a very enjoyable night - mengo i will always follow you..

This guy walked around the football field for all of half time doing his kick ups.