Fluminense played its role in Jedá. Took 4-0

Don’t think that Pep Guardiola He is only the best coach in world football because he perfected the doctrine of the old Dutch school of Rinus Michels and Johan Cruijff. Coach Guardiola is preceded by the figure of a playwright of impressionist illusionism.

Before the final in Jedá, Guardiola compared Fluminense, under Fernando Diniz, with “Brazil of 82”, and that the football they played was that of “Brazil of 70”. And Fluminense believed that Guardiola produced and staged theater based on real events.

Result: Manchester City 4 x Fluminense 0.

The game had not yet started in the first minute, when Marcelo, exaggerating his confidence in his talent, missed a pass. The ball won and kicked by Nathan Aké hit the tricolor post, and on the return Julián Álvarez made it 1-0. Although early, nothing more natural.

The passing error is part of Fernando Diniz’s game proposal. But there is a time and place to make mistakes. Against City and in a decision it would be fatal as it was.

Without taking shots and exchanging passes and positions until they were superior in possession to Manchester. With the exception of one or two moves by Colombian Arias, possession and control did not result in shots against goalkeeper Ederson. And so, Manchester City, with advanced pressure, won the ball again and had space to reach goalkeeper Fábio. In the 27th minute, Phil Foden finished from the left. The ball deflected by Nino ended up in the second English goal.

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The second half was a walk. The dominated Fluminense started to blame the weight of the age of Felipe Melo, Cano, Marcelo, Ganso and Keno. On the contrary, Manchester, being intact, seemed to only be carrying out protocol actions. At times, he would take rest steps. Still, in the 26th minute he scored the third with Phil Foden and in the 42nd minute, he scored the corollary with Julián Álvarez’s great goal.

Theorists will present theses to explain the English victory. They will say that Guardiola understands more football than Diniz. He understands and it’s natural because he was born, raised and educated by the best in the world. They will say that Manchester’s positional tactical scheme overrides the liberality of the order adopted by Diniz, in which the player’s position is a mere detail. There will be a thesis of this and that.

Forgive me the theorists, any theory is silly in the face of one truth: Manchester brings together some of the best players in the world who are coached by Pep Guardiola.

The differences between one and the other are so brutal that, at times, the game even becomes cowardly. And there is a question that we, out of vanity or pride, insist on not believing: the European player, due to his cultural background, has more perception of the game.

We only overcame this superiority when we had generations of stars who didn’t need to be automated by schemes. Each person’s nature was the solution. Jedah’s outcome, therefore, was nothing more than a matter of logic. He won the infinitely better.