Football can sometimes be a lonely sport, but never has that been more
patiently clear than during the Gremio-Santa Cruz match last weekend in
Brazil. Santa Cruz supporter Tiago Rech – a dead-ringer for a younger
Jack Osbourne – found himself sitting alone as the sole away fan at
the Olimpico Monumental against 6,734 Gremio fans.
Rech: “When I got in I realised it was just me and four police. But
it was worth it. When we scored I didn’t care I was alone. I screamed
and went for it. That’s when I saw the journalists looking at me. On the
radio later they talked of ‘the dance of the lone fan of Santa Cruz’.
It was a great day.”