Osmar Santos

São Paulo, 1983: Women’s soccer has just been legalized in Brazil. A group of rebellious young women form the Gayvotas Football Club and begin training for their first match. But as the team quickly becomes a media sensation, its members are forced to confront the prejudices of the conservative military dictatorship that they live under.

The documentary tells the Corinthians passion through one of his most famous moments, when the team, who was 23 years without a title, won the Campeonato Paulista final of 1977 against Ponte Preta. The Timão is and always will be the sole, the better. Win or lose. Same spirit that permeated the loyal fans and has only grown in the 23 years that the Corinthians were without titles.

October 13th, 1977. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista hadn't won a major title in 22 years, 8 months, and 7 days. PLACAR magazine, launched in 1970, was in imminent danger of closing. Winning the Campeonato Paulista was crucial to the survival of both: the team with the second-largest fan base in Brazil and the longest-running sports magazine in Latin America.