Opinion – Tostão: Paulo Sousa repeats with Marinho the mistake he made with Everton Ribeiro

It is sad to see the country radicalized, with so much hate, fake news, intolerance, prejudice and exchange of favors. Sad is the destruction of the fight against corruption. It is sad, after so many decades, that the enormous social inequality continues, with almost 50% of the population without basic sanitation. Sad is the progressive transformation of the human being into an avatar.

Sad is the bad calendar of Brazilian football, because of the promiscuous relations between the CBF and the leaders of federations and clubs. Sad is the aggressive, intimidating pressure by some violent fans on coaches, players and professionals working in the sport. Coaches need to protest, as did Abel Ferreira.

The coaches need to save players, because of the excess of games, but without exaggeration. Apart from athletes with physical and mental problems, the others are able to play several matches in a row, as long as it doesn’t happen for a long time. In Europe, even considering that there are fewer matches, the best perform in most games.

Corinthians has several more veteran players, which doesn’t mean they can’t play in several games in a row and with intensity. It seems the average age is the team’s only problem. Often European players of the same age are almost always present at the games.

We can’t also simplify, with ready-made comments, that teams always lose and/or perform poorly because of fatigue and because several starters were spared. Athletico, at home, usually beat the main teams, like Flamengo, with or without the best players. Palmeiras would be favorites against any Corinthians team that was selected.

Athletes have physical and mental problems that need to be monitored, diagnosed and treated. Emotional exhaustion doesn’t just happen in individual sports or the Olympics.

This midweek, there are numerous matches for Libertadores and Sul-Americana and also for the Brasileirão of series A and B. It’s too much game. Palmeiras, due to their superiority and placement, have a good chance of climbing the reserves against Emelec, even more so since the squad is very good. Flamengo, on the other hand, will have to select all the holders against Universidad Católica, as several were spared against Athletico.

Paulo Sousa, who lost a lot of time when climbing Everton Ribeiro on the left, repeats the mistake and puts Marinho, who always played on the right, to play on the left. In modern football, players need to play more than one position and perform more than one role, especially during special moments in a game, but players regularly shine when they find a reference, an ideal positioning to play.

One of the main qualities of a coach and any professional is making the right choices. There are those who know a lot and get little right.

Soccer in Brazil has evolved, with the help of good foreign and Brazilian coaches. It’s good to see Mano Menezes back in football and at Inter.

Creating strategies and executing them well, with discipline, is essential, as long as they do not inhibit the athletes’ ability to improvise.

Improvising is not just doing anything. Improvisation is an important complement to technique, as in jazz. The greatest talents, in all professions, are those who have exceptional technique and who improvise. Fly and dream.