Tostão: The various game ideas in football – 04/29/2023 – Tostão

One correction: Paulo Isidoro wasn’t in the starting line-up for the Brazilian national team in the 1982 World Cup, as I wrote. The team had four exceptional players from one area to the other (Toninho Cerezo, Falcão, Zico and Sócrates), a center forward (Serginho) and a left winger (Éder Aleixo). There was no right wing.

Without wanting to compare the quality and style of the players, the 1982 selection resembles Manchester City, which resembles Fluminense, in the way they play, with a lot of approach and exchange of passes. Guardiola has already said that he loved watching the Brazilian team from 1982.

When Manchester City signed Haaland, I and the non-hooray crowd were left in doubt as to whether he, a center forward with sprints and submissions, would work in a team that exchanges short passes. Haaland adapted to City and the team to the player. The team continues to exchange many passes and, having Haaland, accelerates at the right time, with long launches for the top scorer. Haaland also began to play more and more as a pivot and to exchange more passes. The team got stronger, and he got even better.

Decades ago, the concept was created in football that, in order to be objective, it is essential to act with quick transitions and with a lot of speed to reach the goal. The short exchange of passes and possession of the ball began to be execrated, which is still repeated by many to this day. If he were alive, Nelson Rodrigues would call them “objectivity idiots”. Obviously, there are many ways to play well and win. The global trend is to unite the two styles, that of enjoying keeping the ball and caressing it with a more intense game and faster to reach the goal.

Palmeiras, which stands out the most for its quick transition, remains the best team in Brazil, regardless of yesterday’s performance and result against Corinthians. You don’t change concepts and evaluations because of a few games.

There were no surprises in the Copa do Brasil. Flamengo thrashed Maringá by 8 to 2. The danger is to create an exaggerated optimism, a fairy tale because of a game. One of Sampaoli’s characteristics is alternating great and bad performances and results. The team tends to be very offensive and leave a lot of space in defense. Today, Flamengo faces Botafogo, who have been playing better than expected.

Some analysts and coaches, such as Coudet, from Atlético-MG, mix game volume and number of shots with performance and clear chances of goals. Galo plays with intensity, advances with many attackers, finishes a lot, but has little collective lucidity, for not prioritizing the exchange of passes and ball control in midfield. This is a problem for several Brazilian teams.

After Corinthians’ classification in the Copa do Brasil, Cuca announced his departure, already decided before the match. The coach was startled and surprised by the huge rejection of his hiring, as he had recently worked for numerous Brazilian teams and was even a television commentator at the World Cup. The world has changed and no longer tolerates the crime of rape.

Despite being convicted, Cuca denies having participated in the crime. Is there a slim chance he’s innocent? Does he lie or would he have banished the fact from his conscience, from his mind, and created another truth, in which he believes, as sometimes happens with human beings to get rid of a great feeling of guilt?

Psychotics, who have nothing to do with Cuca, do not have this type of suffering or regret.

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