Opinion – Juca Kfouri: Abel Ferreira undressed in an interview with Roda Viva

If you, rare reader and rare reader, didn’t see Roda Viva last Monday (21), check it out on YouTube: Abel Ferreira gave a revealing interview.

Apart from the fact, it is impossible to say whether out of cleverness or conviction, of saying that he is disinterested in politics, and of not having answered why Palmeiras was the only one absent from the meeting of the Serie A and B clubs to discuss the League – although he said he was the more interested in its foundation, which only makes the absence more mysterious—otherwise, he put on a show.

He made it clear that either the family comes to Brazil or he returns to Portugal, because he can’t stand to live with nostalgia anymore, that word that the whole world has not translated.

And he minimized both the praise of Felipão, who considered him the most important coach in the history of Palmeiras, and the revelation of Raphael Veiga about the goal that helped decide the last Libertadores, designed by him, Abel.

He attributed Felipão’s declaration to the fact that they had been friends since their time in Lisbon, and that of the ace, to the laughs, for being a “sucker”.

He had the frankness to say that, if he drew successful plays, resulting in victories, he also scribbled those ending in defeats.

As a press critic, he didn’t do very well, when he observed that newspapers prefer bad news to good ones, and he didn’t lose sight of that when he showed a certain understanding of the work of journalists. Candidately, he even admitted to being arrogant a few times.

On the other hand, he said that his annoying neighbor was the one who put on the hood, in another good-humored moment in the interview with a good group of questioners.

Furthermore, he had the beautiful insight to say that if Brazilian football signed 20 Pep Guardiolas, one would be champion and four would fall.

Unfortunately, to the columnist’s sadness, he rejected the idea of ​​presiding over the CBF…

Patience!

We will have to put up with Ednaldo Rodrigues, the legitimate successor of the four who preceded him, all thanks to the cowardice of the presidents of the clubs, something that Abel Ferreira also made clear, by not relieving the responsibility of the top hats.

If five more coaches had his courage to put their finger on the wounds of our football, we would certainly be at another stage, which he envisions being capable of, because we once were.

The football presented by the team alviverde is far from being a dream, although victorious.

The coach’s criticism is glued to reality.