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“Not even Jesus Christ could reach unanimity,” Felipão said one day after a call. Imagine Jorge Jesús, after what I told you today.
After the exemplary abandonment of the field promoted by players from PSG and Basaksehir of Istanbul, yesterday, in the Champions League, the current Benfica coach was questioned on the subject.
“Well, I don’t know … I wasn’t there. I don’t know what happened, what was said, what was said, but today racism is very fashionable. As a citizen, I have the right to think in my own way and I can only have an opinion It is concrete if I know what was said at that time, because today anything that can be said against a black man is always a sign of racism. This wave is taking hold in the world … “(The video is below).
Jorge Jesus, of course, is being massacred on Portuguese social media and in European media. His speech is an old acquaintance. Racism disguised as a simple “cloth pass”. Beware of all the whites screaming about “reverse racism”. Jorge Jesús’ speech could well have been reproduced by Donald Trump or other presidents out there, whether of Republics or of “Nations”, if you understand me.
Perhaps this explains why Jesus felt so comfortable in these places, where racism is structural and suffocating, while in Europe it exists, it is there, but in a more veiled and hypocritical way.
Jorge Jesús did not leave Brazil because of the pandemic, as many innocent people believe. He left because he thinks he is good enough to be in an important club, from the first European platform, like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Premier League. And he realized that he could win at Flamengo everything he wouldn’t do. I needed the Champions League exposure to be in the elite market.
The first obstacle came when Benfica did not qualify for the Champions League, eliminated by Paok, as you can see, of a certain Abel Ferreira; no, Jesus is not the only good Portuguese coach out there.
The second stumbling block, and I think it is final, comes now, with what Jesus just said about racism. It has just completely closed its doors to Europe, or at least to the elite of which it thinks it should be a part. I wouldn’t be surprised if Benfica himself acted.
Jorge Jesus is very good at what he does. He has already shown it in Portugal and he has shown it here in Brazil, where it was important to open the eyes of many people and show us how behind we are in some aspects of the sport. But it is not enough to be good or great. These days, we are a complete package. Our strengths and weaknesses are open for all to see.
Jesus will always have the doors open here in Brazil, for example, because here the rags take care of almost everything. What he said today, however, will always haunt him in markets like English.
There are things that we find and there are things that we talk about. I myself, with this text, I am certainly closing doors. I may never in my life interview Jorge Jesús for calling him an idiot. They are decisions we make, paths we make, choices we make.
I hope that the repercussion makes Jorge Jesús reflect. It is always possible to stop being a racist, to stop being an idiot. Time and the exchange of ideas and impressions make us see things in ourselves that we did not see. There are those who prefer to live in denial, there are those who prefer to evolve. I try to be part of the second team.
Jorge Jesús also comes to this team. And stop being silly.
