Reflections on Supporter from the New Coronavirus Pandemic

Abstract

This article aimed to investigate the movements produced in football, notably in cheering, conditioned by the occurrence of the New Coronavirus in Brazil. For this purpose, we sought in the first part of the text a historical subsidy, analyzing the impacts of the Spanish Flu of 1918 on football and cheering at the time, and the consequences of the constitution of a supporter identity throughout the 20th century. Subsequently, we focused our attention on the changes that occurred since the 1990s, which profoundly changes the meanings of the sport, due to a new conception of management of the football spectacle, centered on the commercialization of the whole process, and consequently formatting new models of crowd / fans. Finally, we aligned reflections of this context with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, prospecting possible reorganizations in the soccer and cheering scene.