Mr. Barriga has become the symbol of an unusual statement in Brazilian football: “Pay what you have to”

The characters of Chavo of the 8th They are known all over the world and it is not strange to find merchandising from the historic Mexican program created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños in every corner of the world. However, what seemed impossible was you find a flag of Mr. Barriga on the Fortaleza fieldin the middle of the classic before Ceará, for the Cearense Championship of Brazil.

How did that flag get there? Fortaleza fans hanged her to mock their classic rival, who is not going through a good economic situation.

The fact is that the Ceará management owes the team part of the salaries and Who better than Mr. Barriga can demand payment?

Also, in case the image of El Chavo’s character with his little hand outstretched demanding rent payment wasn’t clear, Below was hung another flag also referring to the theme: “I paid what I owe you.”

The image quickly went viral on social networks and even overshadowed the beautiful match played at the Castelão Stadium, home of both teams. where they drew 3-3. Imanol Machuca, former Unión de Santa Fe, had scored the 3-2 partial for Fortaleza, who had three other Argentinians on the pitch: Juan Martín Lucero, Tomás Pochettino and Emanuel Brítez, who was sent off before the break.

And, beyond the humor, the last one who smiled was Ceará, who tied the match, on a penalty, in the 53rd minute of the second half thanks to the success of Saulo Mineiro.