Clássico dos Clássicos
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Clássico dos Clássicos (English: the Derby of the Derbies) is a football derby between two teams of the Brazilian city of Recife: Clube Náutico Capibaribe and Sport Club do Recife. Their rivalry is one of the largest and most passionate in Brazil and implies in a social phenomenon until this very day.
In fact, Sport was created from a dissidence between Náutico members. The members that left Náutico decided to create an antagonical club, so they kept the red but changed all that was white to black, and made the stripes horizontal instead of vertical.
The last Clássico dos Clássicos was a 0-0 draw in the Ilha do Retiro, when the teams were playing for the Campeonato Pernambucano 2008. However, Sport had already won that championship, and the other derby in this year: a 0-1 victory in the Aflitos stadium, Náutico's home.
