Opinion – Juca Kfouri: Teams from the so-called second and third divisions decide cups with those of the first

Note the rare reader and the rare reader that there is an insidious invasion of teams from Series B, C and D, euphemisms created to retire what not long ago was called Segundona, Terceirona etc., in a clear challenge to the Series A teams. , formerly called Primera.

It is difficult to explain why, and perhaps the neighbor Sérgio Rodrigues, author of the wonderful “O Drible”, the best novel about football ever written in Portuguese, knows how to say.

No, don’t expect him to explain what goes on inside the camp, although he might well have a theory.

It is difficult to understand if letters, B, C and D minimize the numerals that previously defined the place of each club in the championships they disputed.

But leave the clash between numbers and letters aside, and let’s move on to examine what is currently going on in the country in the decisions of state championships and even in a regional one.

Let’s start with the first.

Apart from the Rio-São Paulo and Goiás axis, in which decisions involve only Serie A teams —Fla-Flu, Palmeiras and São Paulo, and Atlético Goianiense and Goiás— from north to south, from east to west, what can be seen it’s quite different.

In Rio Grande do Sul, Grêmio, from B, against Ypiranga, from C.

Inter, from A, sees the rival at the gates of the fifth championship.

In Paraná, Coritiba, who returned to A, against Maringá, from D, with Athletico (A) out.

In Minas, Atlético Mineiro, the last Brazilian and Copa do Brasil champion, against Cruzeiro, in its third year in B.

And from there up, or down, as in Santa Catarina, even in the Northeast Cup, where Fortaleza, from A, brilliantly, will decide with Sport, from B, there are no teams from the main national division.

Ah, yes, in the Ceará Championship, Fortaleza will face Caucaia, from Série D, while Ceará (A) sucks its thumb.

It is true that in Central Brazil there is another exception, with Cuiabá, from A, against União Rondonópolis, which is not even in D.

In Bahia, neither Bahia (B) nor Vitória (C) even reached the semifinals.

The unfair distribution of income also in Brazilian football, causing, for example, the situation of discouragement in Pernambuco football, is responsible for a good part of the situation by condemning even those who were once protagonists to ostracism, although another good part is to blame for the management model outdated.

Cuiabá SAF is proof of that, and everything indicates that it is here to stay, after rising in 2020 and disputing without major scares the past Brazilian Championship.

sincere coaches

The statements of Abel Ferreira and Rogério Ceni are commendable when they attribute the elimination of rival Corinthians to the difference between playing the semifinal with two days off against those who had four, like São Paulo.

Someone will say that both are preventing future situations that affect them, but it doesn’t matter, because they have loads of reason.

Now, if the FPF was wrong in submitting Corinthians to such an imbalance, and it was wrong, the loose Corinthians leadership was even more wrong, which silently accepted the sloppiness.

All added and subtracted, that Fiel thanks the nonsense because, if he had qualified, he would have run the risk of playing in the state final on Sunday (3/4) to debut on Tuesday (5) for Libertadores. And at the altitude of 3,600 meters in La Paz.

If rested will be tough to face Always Ready, tired would be impossible.

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