Fluminense have confirmed that tickets for Sunday’s centenary celebration match between Fluminense and Exeter City have all been sold. Tickets were limited due to the state of the historical Laranjeiras Stadium.
The statement on the Fluminense site says (apologies for the poor translation)
Home of the Brazilian team, Fluminense will host a ceremony to commemorate the centenary of world football’s biggest winner, on Sunday, 20, from 10am. The Tricolor will face Exeter City in England, repeating the first clash of the English team against Brazil, on July 21, 1914, when the club celebrated 12 years. The party invitations are exhausted, both free (distributed in very
Flag for the Club to handover to Fluminense
limited quantity for members), as sold to members and non-members. The capacity for the event is sold out and will not be allowed into the stands without the presentation of the invitation.
The winner of the match will take the Trophy Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça, in honor of the first National Team goalkeeper, who played for Fluminense. Illustrious Tricolor, the theater criticism Heliodora Barbara, daughter of former player, will deliver the cup. In case of tie, the prize will be Exeter.
Even without having achieved a score equal to their traditions in the World Cup, the Brazilian team is still considered a benchmark in the entire planet. In his first game in 1914, Brazil won 2-0 by the English team and beyond Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça, striker Oswaldo Gomes was another player Tricolor and also made history by scoring the first goal of the selection.
Owner of several firsts in Brazilian football, Fluminense was one of the clubs that founded and spread the most popular sport worldwide in Brazil, which subsequently gained the status of football country. The Tricolor was also present with the gunner Preguinho, author of the first Brazilian goal in World Cups, Uruguay, in 1930.
