The Gre-Nal duo stopped ruling southern football and lost their place to Athletico Paranaense.
Likewise, Bahia and Sport were overthrown by Fortaleza and Ceará in the Northeast.
In the Southeast, it became more complicated to determine hegemonies, unlike what happened in South America, where Brazilian football dominated by winning the men’s and women’s Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.
Atlético Mineiro must be Brazilian champion with leftovers, is also favorite to win the Copa do Brasil in the dispute with the namesake of Paraná, in addition to having been eliminated undefeated in the semifinals of Libertadores and state champion.
Flamengo, which from 2019 onwards seemed unbeatable nines apart from the accidents of the game, ends the year in a dismal way, to say the least, fallen from the heights and the arrogance symbolically portrayed by Andreas Pereira.
And Palmeiras won twice in a row the most valuable cup, beating both Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro in a season that could have ended in a depressing climate.
It is curious: it is possible that there are fans who prefer not to reach the decisions than to lose them. It’s understandable for those looking to avoid the most significant frustrations, but it’s not for evaluating team performance during seasons.
Palmeiras played in the finals of the Recopa Sudamericana, the Supercopa do Brasil, the Paulistinha and the Libertadores, in other words, in four of the six cups they played.
Disappointments were the early elimination in the Copa do Brasil, by the weak CRB from Alagoas, and the irregular campaign in the Brazilian Championship.
In the decisions, the loss of the Supercopa to Flamengo happened on penalties and after a great performance, in a game, perhaps the best of 2021 in the country.
Sad were the defeats for the small Argentine Defensa y Justicia, in Brazil, and for São Paulo, incompatible with the size of the finalists’ investment and with the fragility of the two victors.
Losing Libertadores, in what would be the 10th game without beating Flamengo, would close, in fact, a disappointing campaign.
It would be and not only stopped being as it ended up crowned by epic conquest.
Can we guarantee that we have a lasting photograph in our football?
Does anyone doubt that the Gre-Nal team can recover or that the Hurricane is here to stay?
In São Paulo there is no doubt about the alviverde hegemony, given the indigence of Corinthians, Santos and São Paulo.
As there isn’t in Rio and Minas in relation to rubro-negros and alvinegros, because Botafogo, Fluminense and Vasco became supporting players and Cruzeiro was decimated by a gang of robbers still unpunished.
But for how long, if such state hegemonies are based either on patronage or on the old associationism?
SAF (Sociedade Anônima do Futebol) is there to be embraced by competent and willing managers.
Where are they?
FERREIRA’S HOUSE
Abel Ferreira spoke in a farewell tone. It doesn’t feel at home and it makes sense.
If he returns to Europe, he will not leave a legacy of football like the patrician Jorge Jesus, but of memorable interviews, aside from the often colonizing tone.
Because he put his finger on the calendar’s insanity wound like no other coach.
And if he didn’t fulfill all of the club’s goals, he fully achieved his goals: winning the two Libertadores. Congratulations.
Now, if you stay and bring the Worlds, San Gennaro take care.
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