Following an arbitrary decision by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the match between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama on October 28th was moved from Ilha do Urubu to Maracanã. Flamengo has made the following public inquiries to Rio de Janeiro's public authorities:

1) Rio de Janeiro's public oversight agencies were extremely strict in their demands for Flamengo to implement the project that modernized Ilha do Urubu. Today's stadium is the result of all these requirements, especially express instructions from the Military Police and Fire Departments that any match, including regional derbies, be held there. Flamengo implemented everything required—which caused delays in the stadium's release—and the reports and certifications presented by the club attest to this. 

2) As an important historical reference, in 2016, the same public authorities approved the Botafogo-Flamengo match in a stadium with inferior facilities and safety measures and which had never been tested before, since the aforementioned match was the arena's debut. If the Rio de Janeiro Military Police allowed a classic to be held under those circumstances, Flamengo reserves the right to ask: why isn't this possible now?

3) Likewise, we understand it is important to ask: how was the Rio de Janeiro Military Police able to guarantee security for the matches between Vasco and Flamengo in São Januário for the 2016 State Championship and the first round of the 2017 Brazilian Championship, but now cannot do the same on Ilha do Urubu?

4) Other pertinent questions: What guarantee does the Military Police offer Flamengo, the host team, that it will be able to ensure the safety of its fans and approximately 6000 Vasco fans at Maracanã, if it claims it can't accommodate a maximum of 900 opposing fans at Ilha do Urubu? Which scenario poses the greatest security risk? And what is the security plan and police force for the match at Maracanã, considering the problems that have occurred in Flamengo's last three games at the stadium, against Botafogo, Cruzeiro, and Fluminense, respectively?

5) A noteworthy fact regarding the security of Ilha do Urubu is that the operation during the Flamengo-Palmeiras match, considered a high-risk game due to the rivalry between the fans, was publicly praised by the Special Stadium Policing Group (GEPE). It's worth noting that the same space used by Palmeiras fans on Ilha do Urubu, designed at the request of GEPE itself—with enclosed parking and internal ticket offices—could be used to accommodate Vasco fans' caravans.

6) Finally, Flamengo claims that the public authorities of the State of Rio de Janeiro, due to their own incompetence, are taking away the right of a responsible and upstanding taxpayer to play his matches at their stadium, forcing him to play at a sports venue that charges exorbitant fees. By way of comparison, to play at the Maracanã, Flamengo pays rent four to eight times higher than that charged to Fluminense.