Opinion – PVC: Rogério Ceni needs to confirm his talent this year

Investor John Textor, from Botafogo, makes a point of saying that he doesn’t care about winning the next game. He wouldn’t be bothered with a defeat, instead of the victory conquered this Sunday (30) against Bangu.

He also said that he does not like the idea of ​​signing players because they have worked with the coach elsewhere. Want to see the scout, the statistics.

Football isn’t as accurate as baseball, but looking at the numbers helps a lot.

​Rogério Ceni remains the most promising coach in Brazil. But it goes in the opposite direction. He was bothered by negotiations that did not work out, to the point of citing the case of David, who did not agree with São Paulo and was negotiated with Internacional.

David was a player for Fortaleza, under the command of Rogério, in 2020. Excellent player. But the coach’s charge on the direction seems inappropriate. David couldn’t be hired just for having played under Rogério.

Even because the current São Paulo coach left Flamengo under arguments that he intended to bring players with whom he worked at Fortaleza, to the detriment of performance analyses. Names mentioned were goalkeeper Felipe Alves. Also from David, the same striker who intended to train at Morumbi.

São Paulo was irregular in the first two games of the season. Lost against Guarani, drew with Ituano, kept the tactical structure with a line of four men, a midfielder, four guards behind a forward. From the game against Guarani to Ituano, he brought Alisson to the left side, with Patrick on the inside.

In the second half against Ituano, Alisson had already returned to being the right midfielder, with Patrick open on the left. Tactical decisions can work. None of Rogério’s options is absurd.

But for now, the team is not moving. Okay, it’s just the second game of the season. It is necessary to be calm.

Everyone imagines seeing Rogério’s team winning. More than that, playing well. São Paulo can’t do that yet.

The team will need to confirm itself competitive in the debuts of the Copa do Brasil and Copa Sudamericana. Time for Rogério to structure the team, fight for the relevant titles. It doesn’t matter having lost to the good team of Guarani and tied with the champion of Series C, Ituano. It matters to improve.

But one wonders why the coach who, supposedly, may be the most modern in Brazil, needs to indicate and demand signings from players he worked with. Why not be a partner of the board and understand that the speed player you want was not achieved. And then, look for the statistics, in the style of John Textor, the solutions to have the team capable of winning the Brazilian?

What was once new, young, is now old…

The phrase is by Belchior, in 1975.

Rogério needs to be the new one. This has been expected of him for five years. He was Brazilian champion for Flamengo, he did a good job at Ninho do Urubu, he was unfairly criticized, but he equals the others with consecutive changes of club and charges similar to those of coaches in the past.

Who will sustain Rogério Ceni’s career, as with any great coach in the world, will be the stars he works with. They will not be your trusted men.

Two weeks

Palmeiras played three matches in the year, with three different formations, but with a letter of intent from Abel Ferreira. The World Cup semifinals will be game-building, like against Ponte Preta and São Bernardo. Against Chelsea, if there is any, it will be a game of strategy. Surprise.

Selection

Brazil needs to play well against Paraguay, this Tuesday. It’s not about the trust of the group, which believes in the work done by Tite. It’s about showing the country that the team can make a great World Cup. The team needs to be a little looser, as it was against Uruguay.