Paulistinha’s fourth round has Majestoso overvalued – 01/28/2024 – Juca Kfouri

The stadium gods wanted Corinthians and São Paulo to meet in the stadium where the Tricolores had never won in 18 games and almost ten years in the fourth round of Paulistinha.

If it were at Morumbi, Majestoso would only have the weight of the rivalry, which is not little and would be enough.

But not!

The classic turned into a drama for the hosts and an early test for the visitors.

Corinthians opened the season playing badly three times and with two defeats — the last of which was against São Bernardo with ten players since the 13th minute of the match, conceding the goal with an extra man and after having lost for the first time in Itu , also 1-0.

Seeing new writing fall apart at home this Tuesday (30) will be an indelible mark for the inexperienced megalomaniac management at Parque São Jorge.

São Paulo has hit the post every time in the east of São Paulo. Suffice it to say that in the last five games they only lost once, exactly in the final one, in the Copa do Brasil, only to turn around at Morumbi and end up champion.

Winning at the rival’s home will confirm the good start to the season and, what’s more, will boost the team for the clash that really matters, on Sunday (4), at Mineirão, in the Brazilian Super Cup, against Palmeiras.

Parentheses: aren’t the São Paulo public security authorities embarrassed by the fact that the game is in Belo Horizonte because in Pauliceia, with two fans, it has been banned there for eight years?

Once again São Paulo will play as favorites, and Corinthians, just to maintain the taboo, which is little, although, in the current circumstances, it is a lot.

The series began in September 2014, with Mano Menezes on the Corinthians bench against Muricy Ramalho — 3 to 2, an upset.

If he loses, Mano will be able to say that he started the series and ended it, after Tite, Cristóvão Borges, Fábio Carille, Jair Ventura, Vagner Mancini, Sylvinho, Vítor Pereira, his mother-in-law, and Vanderlei Luxemburgo maintained it.

Thiago Carpini is facing the feat that Muricy, Milton Cruz, Eduardo Bauza, Rogério Ceni, Diego Aguirre, Mancini, Cuca, which owes apologies to the women of the world, Fernando Diniz, Hernán Crespo, Juan Branda and Dorival Júnior were not capable of, some of them, like Bauza, Ceni, Aguirre and Dorival, with two chances.

It will be the Majestic number 360, since 1930, with 133 black and white victories, 111 tricolors and 115 draws.

A new draw serves both parties, as it will be a blessing for the Corinthians and will keep São Paulo’s morale intact.

A tricolor victory, however, will alert Palmeiras even more to the toughness of the prize that awaits them.

If Mano sticks to what he started to write, perhaps he will find peace in front of the fans who, last Saturday (27), sang the chorus with the air of few friends: “It’s war, it’s war, Tuesday is war!”.

Hasty, without the slightest doubt, but that’s how it works in Brazilian football when things don’t work and, especially, when the masses are deceived with unrealizable promises.

If there were leaders who spoke frankly with the masses and presented feasible plans, it is likely that the relationship would be different.

Those who, however, promise heaven even on the edge of hell, collect flares, no matter how much they cool the team’s rehearsed reaction, as happened again in São Bernardo do Campo.

Straight talk, like Jürgen Klopp did with the Liverpool fans.

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