In football, I hear a lot that one team was worse than the other but won because it was more efficient. The difference would be just pushing the ball into the goal. Football is much more complex. Many known or unpredictable factors are present in a game, which may or may not be understood.
The game is often an adventure, an attempt to discover the key that will open the lock. Sometimes this happens by chance. Such is existence. The world opens and closes without warning. Science exists to reduce the distance between the unpredictable and the concrete, planned possibility.
In football, success is very close to failure and/or disappointment. Atlético-MG, which had many merits for reaching the finals of the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores, lost both titles and did not get a place via the Brasileirão for next year’s Libertadores. It’s a big defeat for a club that invested so much in signings.
Contrary to what most people said, Galo’s squad is not good. The reserve team, selected several times to spare the starters competing in the cups, lost a large number of matches. It would have been better if the coach had saved three different players from each game so as not to lose individual and collective quality.
Atlético-MG, as is common in Brazilian football, invested in many players, but ignored the midfielders, who play from one midfield to the other. There are several defensive midfielders and offensive midfielders. In the final, Artur Jorge, with one player less, strengthened the marking on the sides, moved the steering wheel back to be more of a defender and left the midfield free, as he knew that all of Galo’s offensive moves are through crosses from the wingers. and long balls for the attackers.
Because of some decisive goals, Deyverson, who always had a very irregular career, became the favorite of the fans and the press, Deivinho, praised even in his crude, bizarre simulations. His selection in the starting lineup diminished the excellent quality of the attacking duo formed by Hulk and Paulinho.
Botafogo has another decisive game this Wednesday (4), against the good Inter team, in the Brasileirão. Will the feeling of having had the glory of winning the Libertadores diminish or increase the team’s ambition to win another important title?
Palmeiras, a candidate for the Brasileirão title, faces Cruzeiro, who needs to win the two remaining games to be sure of a place in the next Libertadores. The CBF’s decision not to allow fans at Mineirão is unfair and harms Cruzeiro, as the club was the victim of an ambush carried out by Palmeiras fans against Cruzeiro fans, which resulted in the death of a fan.
After the successes of Jorge Jesus and Abel Ferreira, another brilliant Portuguese coach emerges, Artur Jorge, Libertadores champion. Portugal has the best coaching school in the world, which are spread across several continents. Brazil’s coaches should learn from the three Portuguese.
Unfortunately, in a country with so much hate, polarization, and radicalization, many people don’t listen to or learn from others. They despise what is different. It is the wisdom of the ignorant.
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