Matheus Nunes, a six-year-old boy who recently lost his father, an experience most of us only experience in adulthood, shows on his face the purity of a feeling that keeps the young fan forever connected to the man who took him to Maracanã as a baby to share the feeling of being Flamengo. A hereditary love, an eternal bond, born of a strong shared passion. The fascination each fan retains when encountering their idol. Yesterday, at the Mais Querido training camp in Fortaleza, Matheus fulfilled a shared dream: he met the Mengão players, a mission his father was unable to fulfill.

It's much more than soccer. It's an inexplicable connection that encompasses the present, the cherished past, and certainly helps build a different future, with a sense of accomplishment. Isaura Nunes, the boy's mother, says she sees in Matheus, every time he dons the Manto, the bond between father and son. Geison Queiróz, who died of a brain tumor, made a point of passing on to his son the sentiment and values ​​​​represented by the Red-Blacks. 

Check out Matheus' meeting with the players

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The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. In Matheus's case, adjectives, nouns, and verbs are missing to form a sentence that can even begin to describe so many feelings. So, we're left with a quote from the boy himself to conclude the article: "My father taught me to support Flamengo."