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Flamengo and Socios.com celebrate 30 years of winning the Brazilian championship with a commemorative match

The Penta Game will be celebrated in style, bringing together title heroes and fans holding the $MENGO Fan Token.

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July 19th may be just another normal day for much of the country, but it's certainly far from it for the Red-Black Nation. The date marks the celebrated day the team of stars brought the five-time Brazilian Championship title to Gávea in a thrilling match against Botafogo at the Maracanã stadium. 

To celebrate the anniversary of the achievement, Socios.com, the world's largest blockchain-based fan engagement platform and tokens—which offers $MENGO Fan Tokens—will host the "Petal Game" on July 30th. In partnership with Flamengo, the experience will bring together fans holding Fan Tokens and the heroes of the achievement at the Gávea stadium for an official match, featuring personalized uniforms and the full atmosphere of a matchday alongside their idols. 

Flamengo fans are so passionate that the 20 or so spots for the event sold out in less than a minute after the event was announced on the platform. To be eligible to redeem tickets, Flamengo fans needed 50 $MENGO Fan Tokens, plus 200 SSUs, Socios.com loyalty tokens that accumulate as users interact with the app and participate in activities like quizzes and score predictions.

"Winning the fifth Brazilian championship was a landmark title in our history. For us, there's nothing better than being able to host this event with our great partner Socios.com, offering our fans the opportunity to be on the field and play alongside these great Flamengo idols, in a unique experience," says Gustavo Oliveira, Flamengo's vice president of communications and marketing.

For fans of the ball, even if they're not Flamengo fans, experiencing the game alongside some of the most successful and renowned players in Brazilian football history is guaranteed to be a thrill. July 19th is a day dedicated to celebrating the Red-Black Nation and warming up the spirits of those lucky enough to soon share the field with their childhood and youth idols. 

"Socios.com is committed to increasingly promoting exclusive experiences like this for sports fans around the world. Through them, we reinforce the potential of Fan Tokens and expand the engagement potential of clubs and leagues with their audiences. This is the first match in a series called "Entre em Campo" (Enter the Field), a format already well-established in other countries and which we intend to make official here, leveraging all of Socios.com's global expertise," says Felipe Ribbe, general director of Socios.com in Brazil. 

For now, for Flamengo fans, it's worth getting ready to sing alongside the heroes of the fifth title: "Once Flamengo, Flamengo until death!"