Corinthians fan Rita Lee had her name honored in the title goal

On the night of this Monday, one of the most important supporters of the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. The singer Rita Lee had been in treatment for lung cancer since 2021 but couldn’t resist.

In 1972, the queen of Brazilian rock sang her love for Corinthians, the song “Black and White Love” in which she says: “I suffer but I continue to adore you, Corinthians my love!” song that ten years later, in 1982, won a bonus with the athletes of the “Corinthian Democracy”

A few days before the final against São Paulo, for the 1982 Paulista Championship, Casagrande, Sócrates and Wladimir, team leaders at the time, were at a concert by the singer at Parque Ibirapuera, in São Paulo. According to the players’ reports, they wanted to give away a shirt from Corinthians for her, but they hadn’t taken it. In 2011, Sócrates said that they started looking for someone at the show who had a Timão shirt.

_{Rita Lee, Wladimir and Casangrande in concert at Ibirapuera Park. (Photo: Reproduction/Sportv)}

“We decided to give her a shirt as a gift, but we didn’t have any. We started looking in the public and found a boy with a Corinthians shirt. remembered Socrates.

Days later, Rita Lee was present at Morumbi and accompanied the victory of the Corinthians against São Paulo by 3-1, one of the goals scored by striker Casagrande was baptized with the name “goal Rita Lee”in the first title won by “Corinthian Democracy”.

“The only goal I named in my life was Rita Lee’s goal, in the 1982 final. I’m a big fan of Rita Lee. I want to blow her a kiss because we’re both black sheep in the family” said Casagrande in 2021 when the singer was diagnosed with cancer.

Featured photo: Rita Lee wearing a Corinthians shirt at her concert. Playback/Corinthians