Diego Simeone looked hurt, in the press conference after the elimination of the Champions League, on Wednesday (13): “Often, those who have a great lexicon are very intelligent and praise you with contempt”. No one doubts that the text has Josep Guardiola as its address.
“Whether in prehistory, today or 100,000 years from now, it will always be difficult to attack a 5-5-0. There are no spaces.” Thus, the Catalan explained the difficulty of overcoming Atlético’s defense, in the 1-0 victory, in the first leg of the quarterfinals, on Tuesday (5).
A contemptuous compliment.
Words don’t heal, right or wrong.
This phrase is from the song “Palavras”, by Marcelo Fromer and Sérgio Britto, from the album Õ Blésq Blum, Titãs, 1989.
Three years ago, Jorge Jesus used the verb to rest in a way that made the Brazilian press decide that it was a football lesson: “Why rest? There is no such thing. There are Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays to rest. Sunday to run !”.
Jorge Jesus commanded Flamengo 57 times and only repeated his unforgettable base team eight times: Diego Alves, Rafinha, Rodrigo Caio, Pablo Marà and Filipe LuÃs; Willian Arão, Everton Ribeiro, Gerson and De Arrascaeta; Bruno Henrique and Gabigol won six games, drew one and lost to Liverpool in extra time.
On Wednesday (13), hours after Simeone lamented the derogatory praise built up by Guardiola’s lexicon, Corinthians coach VÃtor Pereira gave a clean and accurate interview. He talked about the good performance of Fábio Santos and explained his replacement due to fatigue. He said that Paulinho had already played 45 minutes against Botafogo and couldn’t stand the same. He stated that Du Queiroz did not have the freshness he is capable of, having played 90 minutes in Rio de Janeiro. “I’ve already realized that for us to have a competitive team in three days’ time, we’re going to have to change a lot of players.”
Neither Jorge Jesus taught us definitive lessons, nor VÃtor Pereira tells us absolute truths. Flamengo had four holders over 30 years old, Corinthians can have eight, if you choose Cássio, Fagner, Gil, Fábio Santos, Paulinho, Renato Augusto, Jô and Willian.
All with all the letters.
There is a difference in press conferences. Some are fun and, squeezed, do not bring any content. Others talk about the game. Paulo Sousa, VÃtor Pereira and Abel Ferreira achieve this.
They’re not the only ones. Tite and Mano Menezes, too. Sometimes accused of monochords. Bad luck for those who don’t like to hear dialogues about football. A journalist’s job is to listen to answers, long or short, boring or thought-provoking.
After beating Talleres, Flamengo coach Paulo Sousa replied to a question, which already had the answer built in, and made it clear that the tactical system that seemed unprecedented to some reporters had already been used many times before.
The performance, the displacements, the inversions of positions may have happened better, Bruno Henrique approached Gabriel more times, but the system was the same, used many other times.
Guardiola is the best coach in the world, but he lied when he said that Atletico Madrid played in a 5-5-0. It was just the defensive fit of a moment of the match.
Words are not cold, words are not good, the numbers for the days, the names of the people, sing the Titans. Systems have names, and 5-5-0 is not one of them, teaches Marcelo Bielsa in his lectures.
Pep used to call 4-3-3, 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 from phone books. Soon he…
Sincere lies don’t matter.
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