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This was not the first time I’ve used Homefans. For a non Portuguese speaker, going to a game in Brazil would have been problematic. However, once again the matchday experience went smoothly. My family & I met Matheus in Ipanema & we travelled to the game (7 de Abril v Serrano) together. Our guide, Matheus, is knowledgeable, charming & very funny & my family have loved his company. We did many, many things in Rio, and the home fans matchdays were the highlight.

I’m in my 50s & all my life I’d wanted see football in Brazil. I went to see Portuguesa RJ v Sampaio CorrêaSampa & it was worth the wait. Our guide was Matheus & he was amazing. He was very attentive & made contact with me from the time of the booking process right up to the day of the game. Matheus was so good I’d say he was the best guide I’ve ever had on any tour. The experience was so good I’ve booked another match a few days later. The great thing about these trips are you are with local people in places most tourists do not visit. On the day of the game the locals loved it that “gringos” had travelled to see their team & we were treated like celebrities by the Portuguesa fans. Thank you Matheus & Home fans for making this dream possible.

When my girlfriend and I decided to holiday in Brazil, I made watching a match a must-do activity. I found Homefans accidentally while searching for FlaFlu tickets on third-party ticket sites. Needless to say, I don't regret my decision to avoid the big sites and go with Homefans. It ended up being the trip's highlight and helped me connect with Brazilians elsewhere later on. Experiencing FlaFlu with Matheus made the match much more memorable. Beforehand, he took us by metro to an area outside the stadium where supporters congregated. We drank beers, met other like-minded folks, and watched supporters play drums and wave flags. Matheus educated us about Flamengo's history and importance as well as the FlaFlu rivalry. He made entry to the stadium quick and easy, and the match was a joy to watch. We were seated beside Flamengo supporters groups, which cheered from match start to finish. Afterward, he returned by metro to the meeting point. After Rio, I visited the Brazilian Pantanal for wildlife watching. While there, I wore my Flamengo shirt to dinner one night at a hotel. The waitstaff saw the shirt, got excited, and asked if I liked Flamengo. I told them I watched FlaFlu in person the week before and showed them videos from the match. They were so surprised I went to the match that they invited me to their home to watch a Flamengo-Gremio match. That was a fantastic experience, too --one I wouldn't have found on the typical tourist trail. Thanks to Homefans and Matheus, I watched FlaFlu at the Maracanã and a Flamengo-Gremio match in a small northern Pantanal village with people I now call great friends.

Matheus took my family and I (as well as a handful of other friendly guests) to see the local derby Fluminense-Flamengo at Maracaña in July of 2023. It was a memorable experience for sure. The atmosphere was enthralling and the match was intense at this legendary stadium. We had good seats close to the Flamengo fans and with a clear view of the pitch. It’s easy to get drinks and snacks during the match and the logistics in and around Maracaña works well. Before the match Matheus took us to get a beer in a street nearby full of partying Flamengo fans with flags, singing, music, barbecue, and beers. It was an authentic and super fun build-up to the game. We felt safe and well taken care of the entire time from being picked up at a local metro station close to our hotel to being dropped off there again at the end of the day. Matheus reached out to me well ahead of the match to share relevant information and answer questions. His English is good and he was punctual and managed the whole process in a tidy manner. Highly recommended.

A highlight of our 10 days in Brazil was with Matheus and seeing a Flamengo match. We booked this 6 weeks in advance, as our family loves to see games while traveling. While in Brazil we were approached many ways to see this game. 1. They were all more expensive than Home Fans. 2. Home fans and Matheus made us feel like we were really a part of the Flamengo core fans, so we could enjoy this game like a true supporter. Nobody else offered this. Thank you, Matheus and Homefans for an experience of a lifetime! Erich