Opinion – Juca Kfouri: How we wanted to demonstrate

The column, which threatened not to return this Monday, is here, resigned, and ready to talk.

The Derby did nothing more than confirm the expectation even without a great presentation by the leader of the Brazilian Championship.

He played for the money, defended himself firmly in a new excellent performance by captain Gustavo Gómez, missed the magic of Gustavo Scarpa, and won the game as he has done lately when he faces Corinthians, for the third time this season alone. With a goal from Roni, the com i, because the com y had already left to make room for Wesley.

Yes, Roni alvinegro scored against, although if he didn’t play to the back of the net, López would certainly do it on Piquerez’s pass to establish the definitive 1-0.

Victory of patience, mental strength, trust, over the rival where all this is lacking, even if abnegation has not been lacking.

Cássio didn’t make any saves and Weverton had to make them, but one lunge was enough to take down the owners of Itaquera, defeated for the first time at home in the championship.

Palmeiras, as we know, are still unbeaten as a visitor, in addition to having increased their lead in the history of the confrontation to four games — 133 wins to 129, with 112 draws.

And the column, which evidently joked by threatening to miss this Monday, seems to have been unhappy when also playing with the annoyance of the winning fan, any fan, because the country is so bad-tempered that even praise becomes an offense — no matter how much the fans. Corinthians, of course, have been cited as equally boring when on top.

I hope that captains like the Paraguayan Gómez continue to prevail and the bad-tempered ones disappear from the national scene, so that we can return to treating football as a passion, instead of an outlet for hatred and resentment. Or for skewed readings.

By the way, another Paraguayan, defender Balbuena, nicknamed General, played a wonderful game on the white side and nothing against the nickname of military, as long as captains and generals don’t interfere where they don’t belong, as he once did, and for almost 35 years, General Alfredo Stroessner, their compatriot.

Finally, as in the Sunday column we wanted to demonstrate, the Derby equation had the solution foreseen, because if football often allows the worst to win the best, in most cases whoever is superior prevails.

Especially if on the one hand there is a Portuguese who preaches humility and on the other one who boasts of having millions of euros in the bank.