Opinion – Juca Kfouri: One of the greatest virtues of Palmeiras is the lack of arrogance in attitudes

Undisputed Brazilian champion for the 11th, 9th or 7th time, Palmeiras ended the campaign with a beautiful rout over Fortaleza’s good team, with goals from this very useful Rony, the idol Dudu and the darling Endrick.

The only thing missing was the sun at night or, at least, not raining.

Otherwise, it was all good.

How great it is to see the behavior of the group, capable of being cheerful without being provocative, of being serious without being moody and, above all, with zero rate of arrogance.

A team that knows how to win, a posture as difficult as knowing how to lose — something we are seeing in the pathetic actions of the sociopathinhas stimulated by the sociopath and their perverted fascistoid propagandists, almost all of them dealing with allegations of corruption in Brazil and abroad.

Will it be the fourth Academy?

That’s what a lot of good people have been saying, with plenty of reasons to do so, in front of so many cups accumulated since the arrival of Abel Ferreira.

There are disagreements.

Perhaps it is better to call the cast as victorious as the first Technical School of Palmeiras.

Because the Academies of the 1960s, 70s and 90s were achieving results and enchanting the eyes. The first two beat Santos do Rei Pelé, and the third was as spectacular as Cruzeiro de Tostão, Inter de Falcão, Flamengo de Zico or Jorge Jesus.

Julinho Botelho, Djalma Santos, Djalma Dias, Ademir da Guia, Muller, Djalminha, Rivaldo, Edílson were capable of geniuses that Raphael Veiga, Gustavo Scarpa and Dudu almost are, but something is still missing. Perhaps those who compare them to academics fail to have seen their predecessors, and it is possible that they will be right if Endrick remains and becomes what he appears to be.

Don’t accuse the rare reader and the rare reader, please, of being nostalgic who cites the spectacular Flamengo of just three years ago.

Escola Técnica is a compliment, far from minimizing anyone, because it is the result of the tactical understanding of the personnel available by the coach. In remarkable progress, by the way.

From a pragmatic start in the search for results and an equally successful follow-up, with evident refinement.

That this Palmeiras makes history is obvious and that the campaign in 2022 is admirable even in the lost cups, too.

As for the number of Brazilian titles, the column is fair: Alviverde is a nine-time champion because the two Robertões have the same weight as the seven Brazilian Championships won since 1971.