Mayor Alexandre Kalil rejects games at BH: “Thinking about football now is mentally weak” | soccer

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For Alexandre Kalil, thinking about football, at the moment, is “a weak mental thing” and a “detachment from reality”. Criticizing the idea of ​​resuming the sport, the mayor of BH cites the case of São Paulo, where they are using, for example, refrigerated containers to place bodies, due to the large number of deaths.

– Soccer involves at least 200 people in one game. And 11 more boys who are going to slap there. They will spit on the ground, they will spit in each other’s faces, they will slap each other, they will rub elbows, they will hug each other at goal time … It is a total detachment from reality. No one knows what a body is in a plastic bag. Bruno Covas (mayor of São Paulo) announced that he had made a purchase of I don’t know how many (plastic bags for corpses). And he is not to blame. I’m going to say something very serious, and I never shook hands with the Governor of São Paulo, nor did I speak to him on the phone, nor to the Mayor … Never. And I know that there is the epicenter of the pandemic. Now, if it were not done, it would have 50 times more deaths than it has today. So, I mean, while the mayor is buying a plastic bag to put the body on, leaning against a refrigerator on the hospital side, (there are people who think about football).

“These people are crazy. They are buying plastic bags, they lean against a refrigerated truck, they put a coffin on the street, they make a shallow grave and they think about soccer. Nobody likes soccer more than me.” children talking about politics, from Brasilia. Children don’t even know what that is. It is the most boring conversation there is. We only talk about the ball. But thinking about football, now, is mentally weak, it will excuse me. “- Alexandre Kalil.

On the idea of ​​the Federation of Minas Gerais to resume, soon, the progress of the state competitions, Kalil guaranteed that, in Belo Horizonte, there will only be games if it is by judicial decision. The mayor also cited the closure of small businesses in the capital of Minas Gerais as an example.

– Everyone knows that I am neither modest nor demagogue. And the guy who sells barbecue, who’s out on the street? And the owner of his bar, which sells cold beer? Those who have a lot are in a hurry. It’s for everyone. In Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, they do what they want. Here in the city, the Federation of Minas Gerais, to deal with the football of Minas Gerais, will have to speak to the mayor. If they think they are going to get there and (decree): “It will open,” it will not open.

“The one who governs the city of Belo Horizonte and is banning an event is the mayor of Belo Horizonte. If he thinks it will reopen, it will not open here. Unless the judge opens it. The mayor will not open it. There is no football here. ” – Alexandre Kalil.

The last professional match held in Belo Horizonte was Coimbra’s victory over Cruzeiro, 1-0, on March 15. Three days later, América-MG, Atlético-MG and Cruzeiro suspended all daily activities. Since 20 of that month, bars, shopping malls and several other “non-essential” establishments have been closed in the capital of Minas Gerais. Since the beginning of the week, the use of masks is mandatory to travel the streets of BH.

Module I of the Mineiro Championship was suspended after the end of the ninth round of the first phase, which depends on two more rounds to complete. The initial regulation of the competition still provided for the semifinals and the final in round-trip duels.