Petraglia raises the cup and more; Behind the scenes of Athletico’s title

O Athletico won Paranaense’s second championship. On the field, Furacão was dominant and beat Maringá 3-0 at the Ligga Arena. Outside of it, a series of curiosities completed the red-and-black celebration.

See behind the scenes of Athletico’s title!

Red-black sea on “Street of Fire”

The Athletico fans had a beautiful party even before the ball rolled. Brasílio Itiberê Street turned into a sea of ​​red and black to await the arrival of the athletic delegation bus.

The players arrived at the stadium under fire and red and black smoke to get into the atmosphere of what awaited them at the stadium.

Full Ligga Arena and top-5 audience in history

Since tickets were sold out during the week, we could already expect a record audience at the Ligga Arena. The crowd arrived early and filled the stadium. During the 90 minutes, there was a lot of support from the stands, with flags, chants and full drums. There were 37,758 attendees (36,692 paying) and a top-5 audience in history. (see the ranking here)

Brazilian champions in the crowd

The organized fans also prepared a surprise and took some Brazilian champions from 2001 to the stands. At halftime of the match, Alessandro, Cocito, Nem, Rogério Souza and Rodriguinho climbed onto the fans’ chest, posed for photos with the fans and had their names shouted.

Petraglia lifts the champion cup with the team

After some time, president Mario Celso Petraglia, who was recovering from health problems, returned to the Ligga Arena. The president watched the game from a box and, after the victory, went down to the pitch for the cup celebration.

Petraglia had a chat with coach Cuca, with the athletes and handed over the trophy for the least leaked goalkeeper to Bento. Afterwards, he was invited by Pablo and Thiago Heleno to lift the Gil Rocha trophy for his second Atletico championship.

Pablo takes home the trophy

Striker Pablo was one of the last athletes to leave the Ligga Arena. And he had an explanation: he simply took the trophy home.

The striker, who scored his 68th goal with the Athletico shirt and was the team’s top scorer in the championship, said that he will spend the weekend with the cup and that he will only take it to CT do Caju on Monday (8), in representing the cast. Pablo posted a photo of the trophy on social media.

Bento apologizes to Maringá for a series of defenses

After going viral with his sequence of saves in the final stretch of the game, goalkeeper Bento responded to a tweet from Maringá about the moves. The goalkeeper, who is always joking and is very active on social media, apologized to his opponent and congratulated Dogão on their runner-up campaign.

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