We said yesterday. you go to bed watching how Leo Messi does everything (and more, much more) to keep alive the illusion of 45 million Argentinesdespite not having a team. You get up the next day and, after eating, you are stunned seeing how a single boy, intrepid, mysterious, daring, who said “no& rdquor; to the very real Madridcalled kylian mbappehe snacks on a national team and puts the world champion, a powerful France, in the quarterfinals with two great goals, with two tremendous gestures, almost unique.
But it is that the next day, that is, last night, when you believe, when you think, when you are convinced that you can no longer see anything better (or similar), you settle on the sofa and you see appear, not only the uniform, the T-shirt, the shield with more stars than any other, but a whole global selection, coral, team-team, brilliant, lucid, deadly, suicidal, vertiginous, that does not make the ball dizzy, that does not play Tiki Takathat does not look for 1,045 passes like Quique Setién’s Barçabut rather, in 7 seconds each (counted, I swear), she creates three works of art, three watermarks (the second was a penalty) and shows the world that she is the real candidate for the title that is disputed in Qatar, for more joy of ‘O Rei’ Peleto whom they dedicated, of course, the win.
Brazil, pure football
I am writing, speaking, narrating, not the dream, but the experience that I have experienced for 45 minutes (the second part did not exist, nor was there a need for it) seeing Brazilwhich is much more than suffering and glory, at the same time, all together, suffering and enjoying, singing and crying, of Leo Messi directing his beloved Argentina (although his life has only existed in Barcelona, since 12 years old) or the prodigious, showy, devastating, paralyzing exuberance of seeing Mbappé in the race, dribbling and shooting at 47 kilometers per hour.
No, no, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, what Brazil offered us last night is a way, not to play football, but to master this sport. And don’t tell me, no, that it was about South Korea because all the others, all of them, have had similar rivals and they didn’t. Well, yes, Spain did it with Costa Rica, but… yes, but then they never did it again.
What that girl did last night, commanded, once again, by Neymar junior (they would have done the same, exactly the same, without him) was to show that football can be played in many ways, even walking, but you must play commanding, knowing what you want to do, interpret and how you want to do it.
Many may be tempted to say (well, I heard it just last night on a couple of radio stations) that for Adenor Leonardo Bacchithe Brazilian coach, whom everyone knows by ‘Tite’ (nickname of a footballer that a friend of his recommended that he adopt), it must be very easy to lead a squad, a team, like that, full of great footballers. And, really, all those who know about football, but those who really do, explain that the better, more famous, champions and rich the players are, the more difficult it is to extract their best version from them.
‘Tite’, the coach who learned from Guardiola, Simeone, Cruyff, Bianchi and Ancelotti, exudes authority just by his presence
They should know that ‘Tite’, who has been leading Brazil since June 16, 2016, suffered one of the biggest disappointments of his life when he was not chosen as coach three years earlier. And so he decided that he would spend more than a year preparing, reading books on Pep Guardiolaof ‘cholo’ Simeoneof Johan Cruyffvisiting the facilities of the Arsenal and some other club of the Premierliving next to Carlos Bianchi and visiting Carlo Ancelotti to soak up everything he had to learn to be the best technician possible.
And, when he was chosen as the coach, he said: “If I am here, if they chose me, it is, obviously, because the results have not been given and the best way I can contribute to changing this is to apply those words that have guided my life and my career: transparency, democratization, excellence and modernity & rdquor ;. ‘Tite’, who yesterday starred, at the request of the striker Richarlison, in the dance of ‘la paloma’, which is the nickname of the blonde Brazilian scorer, when he scored his goal, he was not in favor of extending his command for more than three years, but there He continues, in search of the world title.
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And when they ask him why he hasn’t left, he not only talks about how much he enjoys his job, but the role he plays as ‘father’ to that whole generation of football artisans. “Look, in a business there were three parrots for sale,” says ‘Tite’. “One on top, one in the middle and one on the bottom. The one below was sold for 500 reais, he sang the national anthem and any song he heard. The one in the middle told the time and served as an alarm clock, but it was worth 1,000 reais. So, the buyer asked how much the top one cost, which neither sang nor gave the time. ‘No, I’m sorry, but I won’t sell that one for all the gold in the world, because the other two sing or give the time because of the one up there, the one who always stays up’& rdquor;.
And, after giving a slight smile, ‘Tite’ adds: “This fable shows how important the boss is for everything to work, to irradiate all that work gear& rdquor;.