Here in England, the reaction is by surprise with what is happening to the Brazilian team. The English are delighted with our football and the yellow shirt. But as against facts there are no arguments, headlines the day after Argentina X Brasil here cited a “shameful” and “humiliating.” The end of the match, at 2 am local time, made the team spared thanks to the time zone.
It was earlier, the negative repercussion in the press would be greater. A good analysis was the newspaper The Guardian. The reporter began the text by remembering that José Mourinho once stated that “a team without a Brazilian is not a team”, and ended it, rectifying: “A team with 11 Brazilians is not a team yet.”
To some extent, with the proper differences, the inventors of this sport go through something like their own selection and are learning lessons that Brazilian football could, if you do not want to mirror, at least observe.
First, the English know that it doesn’t matter if they are from the country that created football and loves this sport, or have the most powerful domestic league in the world. Nothing like a long trophy fast to make the English national team humble. The only World Cup title in 1966 is part of a far away past, and they don’t cling to it.
In the case of Brazil, having won the last five stars of the shirt for almost 23 years should not make it a similar feeling?
In addition, the English, always organized with their long -term planning, had to reprogram the preparation route for the 2026 World Cup. After coach Gareth Southgate resigned last year, the Football Federation announced a replacement (almost equivalent to having an Argentine in charge of the Brazilian team). Thomas Tuchel only debuted last week, one year and three months from the World Cup. Even in the nick of time, they played the change.
Another point in common is that they have, like Brazil, a role of stars, with stars in the main European alloys. But they have noticed at Marra, tournament after tournament, which is not enough talent to have a winning team. As a consequence came an identity crisis, affecting players and the desire to defend the selection. Nine of them gave up playing for England when they were summoned in November last year by an interim coach before Tudhel arrived. They claimed injuries, but Captain Harry Kane said some had taken advantage of the situation, implying that it would be a lack of will.
Regardless of who told the truth, the episode left the message that there is no unconditional love for a shirt, even heavy it is. This is true in football, in the corporate world, in your work: being proud to represent a club, a selection or a company depends, of course, on talent and dedication to the position, but also on incentives, good management and command and expectation of positive results.
At the time, the experienced Kane left a warning. He said that creating an identity and the culture of defending the selection is something that “takes a long time to build and little to lose,” and “leaves quickly when it is not careful.”
It is not only for the near future, until the 2026 World Cup, but beyond.
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