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The magazine “France Football” published a selection with the best 11 of all time. “Dream team” chosen by a jury of 140 journalists from around the world. Initiative to replace the “Ballon d’Or”, canceled due to the pandemic.
Yashin; Cafu, Beckenbauer and Maldini; Xavi, Matthaus, Pelé and Maradona; Messi, Ronaldo Phenomenon and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Someone will speak of a goalkeeper from the fifties and sixties, and in the last thirty years the position has evolved in an absurd way. Others will question Cafu, Xavi, Matthaus, even Ronaldo. The most veterans will surely wonder if this list does not intend to include Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the select group in a more “official” way, in a traditional publication.
But objectively any list is … a list. Subjective choices based on preferences, affective memories, prejudices, geography. And the disputes over that same list will also be on the same line. Basically, the one published by the French magazine has the same relevance as that of anyone, including those that he wrote in school notebooks and some published in this space at the beginning of the pandemic.
It will not change the history of Puskas, Garrincha, Cruyff, Romário, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Iniesta and others. Also because in a while others will appear including them, or not. Anyway, who cares? Everyone will continue with their idols and favorites.
In addition to the anxiety of targeting every week since August, the Brazilian champion who will only be known in February is losing relevance and credibility. It was Flamengo, he played for Atlético Mineiro and Internacional, he had hopes of running for Palmeiras, he arrived in São Paulo and now, due to the defeat of Tricolor do Morumbi against Corinthians in Itaquera, he is Flamengo again.
For the exclusive dedication to the Brazilian that was the argument to point out the Sampaoli Rooster months ago. A journalism of the eternal “mother Dinah” that tires and leads nowhere. If the forecast changes every week, some kick will be accurate. Many people are seduced by the eagerness of those who think that a good analyst is the one who makes conjectures, predicts the future. The old magic thought of believing in fortune tellers.
Earning the title of Running Points is a process that can be very or not very stable. A team can win almost from end to end, like Palmeiras in 2016. Take off at the end and run over everyone, like Flamengo in 2009 or have a near perfect start and then manage, like Corinthians in 2011 and 2017. Nobody has the ball. crystal.
I imagine that many, at the end of this text, will ask: “Well, but what is the selection of all time and the favorite for the Brazilian title of this journalist?” Does not matter. Maybe there will be one today, another in three days. Who knows what will happen in the direct confrontation between São Paulo and Atlético Mineiro on Wednesday? A draw helps Flamengo a lot, in theory. But, what if on Sunday Rogério Ceni’s team huddled in Maracanã with the probable boom of Mano de Menezes Bahia?
Until when will we pass this “scepter” of the future Brazilian champion? It is already ridiculous and this one who writes is included in the criticism, since last Wednesday he allowed himself to be seduced by this constant appeal and covered São Paulo on Twitter with a hand and a half in the cup, unless he gets too involved in the straight Full Time. Brazil Cup. A big mistake with just under a full turn. My fault.
Contingency and assertiveness are important for those who work with analysis and opinion, but in the end no one has the power to predict the future. We also do not measure the achievements of past stars compared to current ones. Basically, we think we are too much.
