Contra tudo e contra todos! A “Resposta Histórica” e a memória da resistência na construção da identidade clubística do Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama

Abstract

In 2024, the document named “Resposta Histórica” completed 100 years and promoted a series of celebrations by the Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. Inserted in the commemoration of this milestone, this article aims to investigate the role of the “Historical Response” in the construction and structuring of Vasco’s identity. It is argued that the letter materialized, in terms of memory, the identity binomial of Vasco da Gama: resistance to aristocratic football and pioneering in modern soccer.