SAO PAULO: The validation of the title of the 1951 Rio Cup as World Cup has again entered the the Palmeiras agenda. Guilty of FIFA, which recognized the achievements of Santos, Grêmio, Flamengo and São Paulo as equivalent to the post 2000 disputes.

Yesterday, Alviverde sent a document to Reinaldo Carneiro Bastos, president of the FPF (Federation Paulista de Futebol) and representative of Brazil in the Council of Conmebol, charging an action of the entity.

Author of the text, lawyer and life counselor Vittorio Alessandro Pescosolido cites files sent to FIFA and messages from two former secretaries general of the entity, Urs Linsi and Jerome Valcke, both recognizing the tournament as the first world championship, between the races.

“Conmebol ignores, or pretends ignorance, about the official manifestations of the International Board in this regard, when documents attest to the recognition of FIFA as Palmeiras the winner of the first world club competition,” criticizes the text. In a meeting of the FIFA Council, the intercontinental were equaled to titles from 2000, when the entity adopted a new model of dispute for the World Cup.

“We made a record of outrage. They pretend to know nothing, “condemns former vice-president of Palmeiras football, Roberto Frizzo.

Last September, Frizzo was in Switzerland, FIFA’s host country, but postponed sending documents with the request for recognition.

The bad moment of the team made him give up for, if not, President Mauricio Galiotte will not suffer a “political defeat”.

The Rio Cup of 1951 featured Palmeiras, Juventus-ITA, Vasco, Austria Vienna-AUT, National-URU, Nice-FRA, Sporting-POR and Red Star-SER as participants. Verdão overcame the Italians (1-0 and 0-0) in the finals

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