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Corinthians is going through important phases in the Brazilian men’s and women’s championship, although different. While the men’s team struggles to escape relegation, the women’s team disputes the grand final of the competition. And the fan is practically obliged to choose one of these teams this Sunday.
The Corinthians men’s team faces Grêmio at 8:30 pm, at Neo Química Arena, for the 22nd day of the national tournament. Shortly before, at 8:00 p.m., Corinthians Feminino enters the field against Avaí / Kindermann, in Ressacada, for the first game of the Brasileirão final. That is absurd. Corinthians fans, who are always supportive of the girls, suddenly found themselves at a dead end having to choose one of the games to watch.
Corinthians men’s and women’s teams should not compete for the attention of the fans as will happen this Sunday. This only hurts the teams.
The big disappointments that I mention in the title of this column are with CBF and Corinthians itself.
Women’s football is growing in Brazil and Corinthians is one of the teams that stands out on this stage. We see several incentive campaigns for sport, not only from clubs, but from entities such as the CBF itself and the São Paulo Federation. And at such an important moment, the organization of the competition acts carelessly, marking the female decision practically at the same time as the commitment of the male team. This hurts Corinthians more, hurts the sport as a whole.
Women’s football lives another historic day this Sunday. The grand final will be played at Ressacada, a highly visible stadium, and will feature triple transmission – on CBF’s profile at Twitter, as usual, and in Bandeirantes TV and in ESPN. This shows that women’s football fights for its space and “asks for entry”, but its path (at least today) was hampered by the CBF itself.
What about the Corinthians? Well, I was disappointed not to try to prevent that from happening. Although there are caveats, the club supports soccer and female players, and encourages fans to follow the team. But when he saw CBF make that decision, he did not object. We did not even see an important representative of the club take a position on the fact.
And the Corinthians fan? It remains to try to watch both games at the same time and hope for success in São Paulo and Florianópolis.
See more at: Women’s Corinthians and Brazilian Championship.
This text is the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Meu Timo.
