Opinion – Sandro Macedo: Rodinei, the unlikely hero, without a belly

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“History is written by the victors.” The phrase is attributed to George Orwell, but I’m not sure he was the first to use it… it looks older. But the damned Orwell, great influencer, took the laurels.

So the history of the Copa do Brasil will tell that Flamengo was the great champion, four-time champion. It won’t say that the team played a very mediocre match, or that it was dominated by Corinthians for a good part of the game, including practically the entire second half.

It will also say that Rodinei was the great hero of the title. Unlikely hero, which is the coolest type of hero. Yes, everyone is into Iron Man, but how about seeing Ant-Man save the world for a change?

This Wednesday (19) it was Rodinei who scored the decisive goal that resulted in an exciting 6-5 penalty shoot-out — he was the seventh flamengu player to take the penalty among 10 players, which means he wasn’t exactly the most reliable for the team. mission. He was already in the famous “whatever God wants” gang.

After the game, covered in glory and good humor, he said what he thought before taking the penalty. “Go into the locker room and go to the bathroom and have a belly-up,” he joked. For those who didn’t understand, if anyone didn’t understand, belly is the popular term for intestinal disorder.

The side Rodinei seems to be a good guy, a group guy, the one who laughs the loudest at his friend’s boring joke in the locker room, who says “congratulations” on his birthday and who always responds with the “crying with laughter” emoji. “.

Rodinei is also the guy Flamengo lent to Internacional because they didn’t have room for him on the team in 2020 — and who, for Inter, was sent off in the decisive game against Flamengo in that year’s Brazilian Championship; the team from Rio took the victory and, soon after, the title, one point ahead of Inter. Some evil ones will say that that was the first title that Rodinei gave to Flamengo.

The same Rodinei had already been the main star of Corinthians 1 x 0 Flamengo, a few months ago, for the Brazilian, when he scored the own goal that gave the victory to the Paulistas. Had this been the French Revolution, the intrepid side would probably have lost his mind that very day.

Rodinei is not a bad player, but the criticism he receives is largely due to the fact that Flamengo has team players in other positions, and the full-back is not at the same level. But Rodinei has fans. Galvão Bueno, the one with eternal life, recently said he would take him to the World Cup (calm down, Tite).

In this Wednesday’s duel, Rodinei even flirted with villainy. Roger Guedes missed a goal practically under the post, alone. And the guy who gave the game condition to the Corinthians striker was precisely our dear Rodinei. The lad was on a lucky night.

Before the final match, the list of candidates for heroes, on the side of Flamengo, should have a bunch of names before Rodinei – maybe the side was on the list of heroes of some Corinthians fans, the ones endowed with more sarcasm. But history was on Rodinei’s side. “And what is history if not a fable that everyone agrees with”, as Napoleon would say… or was it Galvão?

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