In 1980

In 1980, Fluminense and Vasco played at Maracanã in the final of the Campeonato Carioca. The game went to penalties and the Flu fans decided to ask Pope John Paul II, who had visited Rio de Janeiro months before, to sing the song “Blessings, John of God, your people embrace you”. Flu was champion and the song entered the repertoire of the tricolor fans.
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