Do you know the fantastic quartet? I know, from a very young age, when Lia Gibis da Marvel who featured stories from various heroes, including the group initially called The Four Fantastic, later of Fantastic (Fantastic Four).
In this Club World Cup, FIFA Supermundial, Brazilian clubs, incense by the results of the first two rounds, can be called a fantastic quartet.
With doses of heroism, Botafogo defeated the Frenchman PSG, the current European champion, 1-0, and Flamengo surpassed the turn (3 to 1) Chelsea, from the powerful and trendy Premier League. Both accumulate two wins in two matches, and the red-black has been classified in advance for the round of 16.
Palmeiras and Fluminense did not win from Porto (Portugal) and Borussia sleeping (Germany) at the debut in two goalless games, but were superior and exercised this superiority, this time with goals, in the triumphs against Al Ahly (Egypt) and Ulsan (South Korea), respectively.
Without exception, the brasucas teams deserve praise, and their coaches, observing their personality, can be equated with members of the Fantastic Four, who have acquired superpowers when exposed to cosmic radiation during a space flight.
Abel Ferreira, 46, coach of Palmeiras, must be compared to Reed Richards (Mr. Fantástico, whose power is the elasticity of his body), due to his leadership based on strategy and his pursuit of perfectionism.
Although in many moments the Portuguese resembles Ben Grimm more (the thing, which in a rocky body has superhuman strength), due to untimely. For him, it seems that almost always “it’s time for the stick!” (superhero staff).
Filipe Luís, 39, from Flamengo, is a mixture of Fantastic Lord with invisible woman (Susan Storm, also Mrs. Richards, who, besides what is explicit in the name, creates invisible strength fields).
The former left-back is a tactical coach who reads the game very well, being necessary in the substitutions in matches, pragmatic in his goals (win as a premise), with great mental strength. And it does this in the “Susan style”: high doses of observation, silent and discreet actions without appearing, “invisible.”
Renato Paiva, 55, from Botafogo, Portuguese as Abel, also has characteristics that bring him closer to the fantastic Lord, in the strategy, emotional balance, group management.
He is also discreet, remembering the invisible woman, but has her facet of things, less for the “explosive” moments, more for the integrity and firmness of the most grotesque character of the quartet.
Finally, Renato Portaluppi, 62, from Fluminense. With a heartthrob air, maintained since a player (right-wing of the great, dribbler, brave, gleaming), Renato Gaucho is an energetic, spontaneous, charismatic, ironic and irreverent technician. Just like the good pint and conqueror Johnny Storm (human torch, which flies with an inflamed body after shouting “on fire!” And fires gusts of fire in enemies).
Renato’s confidence, vibration, and charisma contagious players and fans, inspiring and motivating them. It is not a strategist like Abel, Philip or the namesake Paiva, it is not “invisible” like Filipe or the namesake Paiva, but it has its moments of things, with breach of passionality and direct responses, without popes in the language, critics and interlocutors, not worrying about being inconvenient or offensive.
With its technicians at the facts of Marvel’s fantastic quartet, it is expected that Brazil’s fantastic quartet in the World Cup will continue to continue difficulty, epic perhaps in the coming days and weeks.
The fate of each will continue to be plotted, positive or negatively. Remembering that the biggest enemy of the quartet in comics is the Destiny Doctor, to be incorporated into each foreign opponent in Supermundial.
