In England, the biggest rivalry in football is not between two London clubs, nor between the two from Manchester, much less between the two from Liverpool.
The biggest rivalry in the UK is between the two biggest national champions, Manchester United, with 20 titles, and Liverpool, with 19.
The distance between the two cities is neither great nor negligible: 321 kilometers.
The so-called North West Derby was born in 1894, took place for the 209th time last Tuesday (19), in Beatle City, and ended with a 4-0 victory for the Reds.
That didn’t matter much, although it put Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Manchester City, United’s local rivals.
For us Brazilians, the possibility of marmalade could occur, to make life difficult for City, which, in recent years, has taken United’s hegemony. But don’t even think about it!
United fans would rather see their neighbors partying than Liverpool residents.
Repeat, however, none of this mattered in the least compared to what the fans did at Anfield stadium.
At seven minutes into the game, the red crowd sang loud and clear the song “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, which rocks the team since 1963. But not for the team, which was already winning 1-0.
The song was dedicated to the biggest player of the biggest rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, the CR7, absent from the classic.
The extraordinary Portuguese playmaker mourned the loss, in childbirth, of the twin boy who would come along with his sister the day before the classic.
“It is with the deepest sadness that we communicate the death of our baby. It is the greatest pain that any parent can feel. Only the birth of our baby gives us the strength to live this moment with some hope and happiness. We would like to thank the doctors and nurses for all the care and support provided. We are devastated and ask for privacy at this difficult time. You are our angel. We will love you forever,” wrote Cristiano.
Because the opposing crowd did not let him walk alone and with him they sympathized in one of the most beautiful and touching scene ever experienced in a football stadium.
Impossible to see her, or see her again, without being moved.
A lesson in being an adversary without being an enemy, in humanism over rivalry, in solidarity over competition.
It even gave the feeling that humanity has a way.
Already in Brazil…
Here, in the country where the son of the president of the Republic tries to make fun of the torture suffered by journalist Miriam Leitão, and where the vice president of the Republic minimizes the findings recorded in the Superior Military Court that reported the knowledge of the ministers, generals, admirals and brigadiers, of the existence of prisoner abuses that should be under the protection of the State, Flamengo and Palmeiras will play with a single crowd at Maracanã, 400 kilometers away from São Paulo.
The red-black direction returned the attitude of alviverde in the last Brazilian Championship.
That’s why Carochinha’s History seems to be the idea of ​​the Brazilian League of Football Clubs.
Because if here the São Paulo cartology doesn’t get along with the carioca who doesn’t get along with the Minas Gerais who doesn’t get along with the gaúcha, how can we wait for the day for everyone to sit at the same table?
Better to sit back and show Liverpool to the hat that has plagued us for decades.
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