The excess of matches and the enormous intensity of teams and athletes, who work at their physical and mental limits, are important reasons for so many injuries and absences in the many championships spread across the continents. It is necessary to reduce the number of games and the greed for profit. This exaggeration worsens the quality of the show. We won’t have several exceptional players at the World Cup because of injuries.
Classic is classic, classic has no favorites. Old buzzwords are still current. Cruzeiro, Flamengo and Palmeiras, considered favorites in the regional classics, did not win at the weekend. Cruzeiro lost to Atlético-MG and Palmeiras and Flamengo drew against Santos and Vasco. The top six placed in the Brasileirão did not win in the round. The balance seems even greater than in previous years.
As usual, the Cruzeiro and Flamengo coaches changed teams too much during the second half and this contributed to the poor results. Cruzeiro lost, the coach removed the best players and this made it difficult for the team to react. Flamengo was winning, the coach changed several athletes which facilitated Vasco’s reaction. Coaches, to save money, improve or just out of habit, always change players 15 minutes into the second half. They often hinder the team.
Atlético-MG coach Eduardo Dominguez, nicknamed Barba, is tall, thin and has a gray beard. It is very similar to the character Don Quixote played by the great actor Peter O’Toole, in the masterful musical film “Don Quixote de La Mancha”, alongside Sophia Loren, as Dulcinea, directed by Arthur Hiller. The soundtrack includes the famous song “the impossible dream”, by Lawrence Rosenthal, which had a beautiful version recorded by Maria Bethânia.
In my youth, one of my favorite books was “Don Quixote”, with its delusional visions and unimaginable dreams, an epic work of literature, written by the Spaniard Miguel de Cervantes in 1605. Dreaming the impossible dream.
Theory and practice
When I worked as a doctor, I studied psychoanalysis out of intellectual interest and to better understand patients. I imagined that it would be very difficult to understand Freud’s ideas, but I soon realized that his texts were clear, convincing and simple and that even the mysteries of the soul had logic. Freud brought order to chaos.
When I played alongside Pelé, I saw that he, like Freud, made simple what was complex. With few body movements and actions, he illuminated everything in front of him and reached the goal. The same happens with great talents in all areas.
This Wednesday (6) is the day to see a great game, between Bayern and PSG, in the Champions League, in Munich, with the presence of many stars, such as center forward Kane, who, far from being a Pelé, defines the plays with precision, with few movements and actions.
The same goes for coaches. The best are those who, in addition to technical, tactical and scientific knowledge, have the ability to simplify and make the right decisions at the right time, before and during matches. They unite theory with practice. Theory without practice is empty. Practice without theory is a gross simplification.
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