Football is the place of uncertainties and the imponderable – 02/21/2023 – Tostão

In this radicalized world, in flames, each side thinks it is right and has solutions to problems. Thankfully, there is carnival, art and football.

Carnival is joy, fantasy, diversity, imagination, contestation and the dream of being what it never was. Art goes beyond reason. Football is the place of uncertainties, plurality, the combination of possibilities, science and the improbable.

Teams, all over the world, increasingly switch between different strategies in each match or during the same game, according to the moment. It is the present and the future.

Corinthians, led by the young and audacious Fernando Lázaro, has been many in one. Renato Augusto, the beacon that illuminates the team, acts in the same game, as a midfielder in the center or on the left and sometimes rests close to the center forward. Roger Guedes is the winger, the second attacker in the center and sometimes he retreats on the left, alternating with Renato Augusto in the defense. Adson starts from the right for all sectors of the attack.

Corinthians, when they lose the ball and cannot press, usually have a line of four to five players in the midfield, protecting the four defenders.

There are many ways to play well and win. Palmeiras, the most efficient Brazilian team at the moment, stands out for its unique way of playing. They change players, but usually the tactical scheme doesn’t change. Abel Ferreira has already said that he likes the team with a number five, an eight, a nine and a ten, with well-defined positions, as traditional Brazilian coaches prefer.

Manchester City unites the variation of the tactical scheme with positional strategy, always with two players open at the ends. Other great teams around the world alternate the repetition, with the tactical variations. Repetition improves technical and tactical quality, but when excessive, it leads to decreased creativity and sameness.

In the busy Liverpool 2×5 Real Madrid yesterday, for the Champions Cup, Vinicius Junior, who scored two goals, showed that he is getting more and more spectacular every day. At the beginning of his career, at Flamengo and later at Real Madrid, he himself was very fast and skilful, he made too many mistakes in finishing, passing and making decisions. At the time he said that he would be a great player, but not a great one. I confess that I was wrong. Vinicius evolved a lot in all technical fundamentals.

In Spain, racist offenses against Vinicius Junior continue. The more they offend, the more he dribbles and dances. Racism is present all over the world. CBF acted correctly in announcing progressive punishments to clubs. They are not responsible for the criminal acts of some fans, but, threatened, they will have to take measures to contain the racists.

Football is much more complex. We try to simplify it with rationalizations. English striker Rashford, who shines brightly at Manchester United, lives something similar to the story of Frenchman Karim Benzema at Real Madrid, who also scored two goals in the duel against Liverpool.

Both, who were great players, became exceptional after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from both clubs, one of the greatest strikers in history.

In addition to the possible technical and tactical changes, I think that Rashford and Benzema have freed themselves from the supporting position. They felt freer, more confident, and more ambitious. They also wanted to be protagonists.

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