Opinion – Sandro Macedo: Ted Lasso for Flamengo coach

Many have, for a long time. But trying to resurrect Jesus doesn’t always work. It would be best to keep it in our hearts and try to follow its teachings, but without exaggeration, fanaticism is never good.

As the last to witness the appearance of Jesus in these lands, fans of Flamengo are obsessed with his resurgence after the third coach. Since the end of the Jesus era, the board has tried a little bit of everything, always with conviction compared only to our president talking about vaccines — none.

They went to drink at the fountain of the messiah Guardiola, calling their follower Domènec. Did not work. They tried the ball philosopher, Rogério Ceni, but he didn’t spoil the boys well, and it didn’t work either — yes, Flamengo is one of the teams where being national champion doesn’t mean working.

Afterwards, even with their minds on Jesus, they decided to leave the R$ 200 million team in the hands of the demigod of self-praise Renato Gaúcho. They failed miserably, but it turned out.

Now all they think about is Jesus… again. But, look, the same thing happened at Benfica. They were happy with Jesus in the past and asked for his resurrection. She came and… everybody is unhappy over there. In the Portuguese Championship, which has three teams, they are in third. Crisis.

By the way, crisis temporarily reduced with the classification of Benfica for the round of 16 of the Champions – they gave luck that Barcelona is even worse.

Therefore, Jesus, who just wanted to be loved, must stay there at least until February, when the European knockout starts. In the first death, they will probably ask for his head in Portugal.

I can only see one name capable of giving Flamengo everything he needs right now: Ted Lasso, the mustachioed and award-winning technician from the homonymous Apple TV+ series.

To start with, Lasso is a good guy, like Renato Gaúcho. He knows how to get close to players to win the locker room and loves an offensive team. It’s against ties — football’s heritage.

Ted Lasso has made it clear in two seasons that mental health is important to his team. At the dear AFC Richmond, he recovered the captain, managed to bring the ace-bag-slack to his side and even asked for the hiring of a psychologist to help resolve the scorer’s depression (“football is live”). Therefore, it would be essential to control the restless ace GabiMala and would help to heal the pains of defeat at Libertadores, especially Andreas Pereira.

In the best Rogério Ceni style, Lasso is in favor of hard work in training, strong physical preparation and loves rehearsing some moves — in Lasso’s case, a little unusual, but they work.

​Ted Lasso is still cool in dealing with the press, speaks the truth without fear and never talks about arbitration —like Renato Gaúcho—, not least because he still doesn’t understand the offside rule.

Finally, he develops a great relationship with the director (based on homemade cakes) and doesn’t mind being called names by the fans — he even goes out for drinks with them.

Anyway, like Ted Lasso, a consensus name that makes fans and directors happy immediately, only exists in fiction.

At TNT Sports, the narrators love to say (to exhaustion) that this is the best Champions League of all time (sure that next year will be the best, again). Therefore, ESPN should thank you for the best Europa League of all times: they will host Barcelona, ​​Porto, Borussia Dortmund and, best of all, Sevilla.