Games of the year we will have many until the end of 2022, and I’m glad that’s the case.
Before anyone complains, we even had one, but in Abu Dhabi.
This Atlético Mineiro and Flamengo to decide the Supercopa do Brasil is the first in the country, with 31 thousand tickets sold out.
Perhaps it will not be as good as last season’s game, between Flamengo and Palmeiras, because it will hardly repeat the technical excellence of that two-goal draw at Mané Garrincha.
But there are enough talents in both teams so that this Sunday (20), at Arena Pantanal, in Cuiabá, fans can enjoy the real opening of the football year.
And the weather behind the scenes is as hot as the 30° predicted for the capital of Mato Grosso at 4pm, although occasionally with some rain.
Gávea knows exactly the value of the Supercup that has lived in its trophy room for two years, won in 2020 against Athletico Paranaense and the following year, on penalties, against Palmeiras.
The conquest of the championship ended up not alleviating the frustration with the losses of Libertadores, the Brazilian Championship and the Copa do Brasil.
Galo, on the other hand, is in galloping mode after a brilliant 2021 in which all that was missing was winning the Libertadores, from which he came out undefeated and thanks to Hulk’s unhappiness when he hit, on the beam, the penalty that would give victory in the semifinal against Palmeiras, in the green house. .
The Portuguese Paulo Sousa, from the red and black, is still in the sights of the Nation, orphan of Jorge Jesus, and will find some refreshment if he returns with the cup.
The Argentine, naturalized Mexican, Antonio “Turco” Mohamed, from alvinegro, has a more peaceful life despite running the risk of experiencing some turbulence on the flight to Belo Horizonte if he returns without it.
While they burn their eyelashes to find the best solutions in this beginning of work, the cartagem is embarrassed with discussions about favoring the CBF for one side or the other, something that could be resolved in advance with simple providence: being in the competition regulations that the host will be the club that won the Brazilian Championship.
Galo would deserve to have some advantage, he just can’t complain that in Cuiabá there will be a Flamengo majority because, with the exception of Minas Gerais cities, and even then without fully counting on Juiz de Fora, Atletico will be a minority anywhere in Brazil.
The two giants reach the decision after spending a depressing midweek, with the muzzle of Brazilian football.
Flamengo and its stars went to Conselheiro Galvão, at 15:30, to face Madureira, for Carioquinha, in front of 1,009 witnesses and income of 80 thousand reais, which do not pay the left arm of goalkeeper Diego Alves.
They won a comeback by 2 to 1 and took unthinkable damage for not fighting the state that claims to be the “most watched in the country”, but which is nothing more than a joke in bad taste.
On the same Wednesday, for the Campeonato Mineiro, which at least is not called Mineirão (but just not to confuse it with the stadium), Atlético received the almost namesake Athletic, from São João Del-Rey, at Mineirão in a downpour.
The 0-0 was definitive when the whistle blower, without any shame, invented a penalty for Hulk to give the victory to the big club.
Will the day come when the player of the big benefited team will be ashamed to celebrate a goal like this?
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