Opinion – Juca Kfouri: Abel Ferreira would serve as a glove in the position of president

No, it’s not because Palmeiras won the third classic they played at Paulistinha.

Nor because he has already secured the home team condition in the decisive games of the championship.

Much less for ruthlessly thrashing your opponents.

Or because he arrives undefeated in the 12th and final round of the classification phase to face the dangerous Bragantino, who can even apply a piece and be the first to defeat him, which will not change the scorching price of gasoline in Brazil.

Abel Ferreira deserves the presidency of the CBF for what he has repeatedly said about the misery of the Brazilian football calendar since he arrived from Greece to be victorious at Palmeiras.

From the first interviews, by the way, even before being two-time Libertadores champion.

It was true that he had a half-lock at the beginning, probably warned by the direction alviverde about the consequences of criticism, which could cause persecution to the club.

Today, owner of the piece, idol of the fans, he exercises his independence for things off the field with the same naturalness that imposes the pattern of play inside.

Varied, it must be said, as well demonstrated in the categorical victory in the derby, when the 2 to 1 over rival Corinthians was far from expressing the superiority of the squad he manages.

At home, against an opponent full of talented players, he tried to impede the creativity of Renato Augusto and to bring permanent danger to the Corinthians goal.

Reactive? None of that!

Packed by 40,000 people from Palmeiras, he was close to crushing the opponent, which he couldn’t just because he still doesn’t have the desired striker.

With the warm backs of the victors, he has been putting his finger on the wounds of the Cebefian mess, demanding respect for the FIFA calendar, demanding the stoppage of championships when international dates have to be obeyed, calling for punishments for fans who attack players as has happened weekly. in the country and, moreover, denounced the lack of financial fair play in national football.

Differently from what the Federal Constitution of 1988 preaches, by demanding to be a native Brazilian to exercise the presidency of the Republic, the CBF statute says nothing about it.

Abel Ferreira would serve as a glove in the position.

Even more so at this moment when we will have an election for the role, once again worthy of the choice of mafia bosses, with ribs above the neck or between the legs.

For years, Brazil complained about Rio’s dominance in the Casa Bandida do Futebol, although Ricardo Teixeira, who is from Minas Gerais, until now, we only had presidents represented by three sad figures from São Paulo: José Maria Marin, Marco Polo Del Nero and Rogério Caboclo, with bizarre interinities of the folkloric colonel Nunes from Pará and, now, of the Bahian Ednaldo Rodrigues, favorite in the next election.

The CBF’s problem was never the birthplace of its top hats. In fact, the best of its presidents, or rather, with forgiveness for repetition, the only good one, was Giulite Coutinho, as much Minas Gerais as Teixeira.

Abel Ferreira, Portuguese from Penafiel, may have already fulfilled his mission in Brazilian lands as a coach.

I could perfectly accept one more as a manager. Who knows, maybe even bring back Jorge Jesus to direct the Brazilian team, as Tite announces his retirement after the World Cup.

It would be great, oh, man!