FLAMENGO IDOL, EVARISTO DE MACEDO IS HONORED BY SUDERJ

Sesc Flamengo, one of the main teams in Brazilian volleyball, underwent a significant reformulation for the 2024/25 season, and one of the main new additions to the squad is central Jussara. With extensive international experience and after an excellent spell at Maringá last season, the 28-year-old athlete spoke exclusively about her arrival at the club, her plans and the fierce competition for a place in the starting team.

Like other players in the squad, Jussara highlights the quality of the team and the excellence of the committee technique led by Bernardinho as crucial factors in his decision to wear the Flamengo shirt. The center, who has already played in Portugal, France, Israel and other Brazilian clubs, sees his arrival at Sesc Flamengo as a great opportunity to boost his career.

"Sesc RJ Flamengo is one of the biggest clubs from Brazil. Knowing the team's interest in me was extremely gratifying and motivating. Without a shadow of a doubt, playing at Sesc RJ Flamengo with this structure and this coaching staff will give me what I need to advance my career", said Jussara.< /p>

Sesc Flamengo was eliminated in the Superliga semi-finals in the last three editions. The biggest champion since the merger with the Sesc project, the club is now looking to return to the final and win the title that eluded them in previous seasons. Jussara believes that the newly formed group has the potential to achieve this goal.

"I believe in Sesc's return to the final. This squad has very good players and is being a huge showcase for us. For sure We will have the season of a lifetime to try, once again, to take Sesc RJ Flamengo to the final and the title", declared the central team.

The central position is one of those that has undergone the most changes in the Sesc Flamengo squad for the 2024/25 season. With the departure of Juciely and Valquíria, starters in the last three seasons, the club hired Lorena and Jussara to fill these vacancies. Now, they join Juju and Adria, who were already part of the team, and the competition for a place in the starting lineup promises to be intense.

The fan of Flamengofurther revived its dream of its own stadium after the club acquired the gasometer land for the construction of its new home. However, for Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, the Rubro-Negro project needs a lot of attention and care so as not to harm sporting performance, as was the case with São Paulo and Corinthians, with the construction of Morumbis and Neo Química Arena.

"Flamengo fans don't want what happened to São Paulo to happen, which spent 17 years without winning anything. Corinthians were champions of the Libertadores and the World Cup in 2012, and they were full of their chests to say that they would have stadium in two years. See what happened 12 years later with that Corinthians. There is no longer any sporting performance, there is a stadium, huge debt..." said BAP.

"A month ago, in a Corinthians review, I saw people saying that “the stadium is the root of our problems, we have Pacaembu, we have to return the stadium as a guarantee to keep Pacaembu”. intelligence. Learning from other people's mistakes is wisdom", added the candidate in an interview with the Coluna do Fla portal.

As said by Bap, São Paulo became one. long time without winning titles, that is, precisely during the construction process of Morumbi, opened in 1960. On the other hand, Corinthians, which debuted at Neo Química Arena in 2014, is experiencing one of the biggest financial crises in history.

Last month, Flamengo agreed to purchase the land from Gasologista, where the construction of the Mais Querido stadium is planned. Furthermore, the Rubro-Negro and Rio City Hall reached an agreement with Caixa Econômica so that the expropriation of the site could be completed.

Flamengo continues in the transfer market looking for new reinforcements. Thus, striker Memphis Depay was offered to Mais Querido, but the club did not open negotiations with the Dutch player, who has spells at Manchester United (ING), Barcelona (ESP) and Atlético de Madrid (ESP).

Second information from journalist Mauro Cezar Pereira, despite the striker being offered, Flamengo has no interest in signing him. The tendency is for the club not to open negotiations with Memphis Depay, who is free on the market. This is because the athlete's salary request is high. Highlighting that, as he is without a contract, the winger can sign after the window closes, on September 2nd.

Memhis Depay has emerged as one of the club's biggest promises European football still at PSV (HOL). The winger was signed by Manchester United in 2015, but did not remain with the English team as he was unable to perform as expected, and then moved to Lyon (FRA) in 2017.

In France, Memphis Depay returned to playing good football and was important in Lyon's campaigns. Subsequently, the Dutch striker was signed by Barcelona. However, he did not play frequently again and left the Spanish club in 2023 to join Atlético de Madrid, where he stayed until June.

While Memphis Depay is looking for a club to play for, Flamengo's board is racing against time to sign three reinforcements by next weekend. Alcaraz, Gonzalo Plata and Alex Sandro are expected to sign a contract with Rubro-Negro this coming week.