Football had a weekend with an Oscar look – 03/11/2024 – Sandro Macedo

This humble scribe would like to reveal to the dear reader that he has always been a fan of cinema and sports.

Yes, I love watching the titles that come from Cannes, Sundance, Eastern Europe, Argentina or Asia. The International Film Festival can cause as much anxiety as the Olympics. And no blasé feelings about Hollywood. Anyone who supports Paulistinha cannot complain about a bad blockbuster.

So Oscar weekend would naturally be special. It is not that difficult to find points of contact between the two arts.

Take award speeches, for example. The best in Los Angeles was by Ukrainian Mstyslav Chernov, winner of the best documentary award for “20 Days in Mariupol”. He said he wished he hadn’t had to make the film, which would have happened if Russia hadn’t invaded his Ukraine. It’s called the butterfly effect.

A few hours earlier, coach Cuca would have deserved an Oscar for redemption after his strong statement after the Athetico-PR game. It’s one of those stories with a plot twist when no one expected it. Cuca finally understood the bigger picture after spending decades saying “I didn’t do anything”.

And here important credit goes to UOL columnist Milly Lacombe —cited by Cuca—, whose past reflections helped the technician understand the scale of the issue. “I’ve been listening to opinions and trying to understand my role. At the beginning of the year I read a column by Milly Lacombe, from UOL, in which she said that this wasn’t about me. I understood what she meant. It’s not just about me , but it’s about me too”, he said in a statement written in advance, like the best speeches.

“I chose to withdraw into myself for a long time, but I managed to move on with my life, while a woman who goes through any type of violence cannot move on with her life without remaining hurt, she carries the impact forever. I managed to move on with my life. The world football and the world of men had never demanded anything from me, but the world is changing and I think it’s for the better”, he continued. In the long text, Cuca ends by saying that she is committed to being part of the transformation. Let’s wait for the next steps.

Other events on the pitch over the weekend were worthy of a statuette. Tite’s Flamengo proved that it is the “Oppenheimer” of national football. In the first game of the semifinal, Fluminense, champion of the Libertadores, imploded. 2-0 was not enough. Just like Nolan’s film at the Oscars, the red-and-black is the favorite for everything, starting with Carioquinha.

In Vasco x Nova Iguaçu, at Maracanã, we had the award for best special defects, courtesy of the VAR offside line, which managed to highlight in an image in which the line did not touch any player. Horrible thing.

In fact, Nova Iguaçu’s shirt also deserves a costume statuette.

The Oscar for best script goes to the guy who wrote the rules for Paulistinha, with Portuguesa (in 13th overall) ranking among the eight best. Absolutely incompetence.

Corinthians’ inglorious campaign is somewhere between “Anatomy of a Fall” (in the first phase) and “Os Rejectados”.

And the best international game goes to the supposed last meeting between Jurgen Klopp, from Liverpool, and Pep Guardiola, from Manchester City (they could still cross paths in the FA Cup). The duel ended in an excellent 1-1 that left Arsenal (woohoo) at the top of the Premier League.

All that’s missing now is the performance of some underrated heartthrob. I’m waiting for “I’m Just Pedro Raul”.

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