Surprised by the pace of the game between Corinthians and Bragantino, under the scorching sun of the Sunday morning in Itaquera, I thought of the Brazilian players trying to escape the horrors of the war in Ukraine.
They went there with their families in search of financial comfort and today they fear for their lives in a conflict that does not concern them.
The autocrat Vladimir Putin doesn’t care about the suffering of civilians and the NATO countries either, in the senseless quest to surround Russia with its soldiers and weapons.
And take bomb in the head.
The Swedish film “My dog’s life” came to my mind, which tells the story of a boy Ingemar, about 12 years old, struggling with a family drama because of his mother’s illness and who, to comfort himself, compares his situation to of the dog Laika, the first living being to orbit the Earth in a Russian rocket, the Sputnik 2, launched in the air in 1957.
Laika was a stray dog ​​from the streets of Moscow who was chosen for the ride of no return.
In moments of greater despair, away from his mother and brother, Ingemar philosophized as he pondered that Laika was in a much worse situation.
Keeping the proportions, it’s like comparing the suffering of the 22 players – who even made a dispute more intense and exciting than could be expected at the beginning of the season, a sun for each athlete in the east side of São Paulo -, with the terror experienced by those who want to cross the Ukrainian borders on foot, by train, whatever, in the cold of Eastern Europe.
I also remembered an interview I did with Elano about his experience when he left Santos for Shakhtar Donetsk, in 2005, for around 20 million reais.
Donetsk, as is well known, is one of Ukraine’s breakaway cities, due to its greater connection with Russia, which is why it is the target of atrocities by the far-right Ukrainian government. Elano didn’t even touch on any political topics.
His personal and family drama went through never getting used to playing in the snow, freezing his feet, cutting the lawns covered in frost and prosaic situations, such as his wife’s experience when, as soon as he arrived, he turned on the faucet of the kitchen and the water was fetid, the result of a hard-to-find plumbing problem in an unknown language.
Or when, in a snow-covered alley, he with the car on the right side and worried about not being late for the first practice, found himself facing a Ukrainian giant in the opposite direction that demanded the opening of the way with an unfriendly air.
“And what did you do?” I asked.
“Humiliated, I reversed gear and let him pass. It was enough to have left my wife crying at home because of the faucet”, replied the midfielder who defended the Brazilian team at the 2010 World Cup, was injured and was greatly missed. .
After Corinthians’ significant 1-0 victory, both its players and Bragantino’s players went home to hydrate, have lunch and rest for the rest of Sunday.
With a million reasons to criticize the ruthless bullshit that imposes such blunder on them.
Nothing that is even close to what his colleagues are going through, more than 10 thousand kilometers away from Brazil.
On foot, by train, any way you can, looking for security, peace, food, diapers, to continue living.
Nobody deserves such suffering.
Only Putin, Biden, etc.
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