Fan travels 20 days by motorbike to accompany Corinthians to Libertadores

Fan travels 20 days by motorbike to accompany Corinthians to Libertadores


Rodrigo Parente, known as Mano Língua, has left Rio and is in Quito to watch the match against Independiente del Valle

Traveling for 20 days, covering around 10,000km and crossing six different countries to follow your favorite team. this is what you did Rodrigo Parente, OR Brother Tongue, to follow the game between Independent of Valle and Corinthians this Wednesday 7, at 19, for liberators (with transmission from Paramount+).




The duel is important for the San Paolo team. Luxembourg has convinced its players that it is possible to qualify for the South American competition. For that, they have to win away from home. Even the fans accepted this idea. Mano has combined his passion for riding a motorcycle with the sporting events of his favorite team. For him a perfect match.

Mano Língua started its journey at the end of May. Since then, fans have traveled to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Ecuador. He is known among Corinthians fans for his routine of traveling to accompany the team away from home and has been to Uruguay and Argentina to watch the other two games of the São Paulo squad as a guest at the Libertadores.

Mano Língua does not live in São Paulo and the routine of accompanying the club away is something common in his life. Although he supports Corinthians, Rodrigo Parente has lived in Rio since 1999. But he has never stopped following Corinthians. On this trip to Quito, Língua made a sort of diary on social networks showing what his journey through South America was like.

Corinthians plays his life in Libertadores. The São Paulo side need to score in Ecuador to keep their chances of qualifying for the knockout stages. With four points so far, Corinthians are third in the group, behind Independiente del Valle, who have six, and Argentinos Juniors, who have eight.

“It is more important for us to focus our efforts on what we did well last Wednesday for the Copa do Brasil. It is the same now, when it comes to a decision, where we have to qualify for the Libertadores. view, always respecting their team, we manage to do with them at their home what they did at the Neo Química Arena, always with respect for their team. Trust that what Vanderlei (Luxembourg) asks, we are able to do,” Gil commented on this match Wednesday.

Source: Terra

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