It took 39 minutes of the match in Itaquera, in the presence of 40,000 fans, when Memphis Depay took a free kick into the half-moon area in Ceara, who had never beaten Alvingros of São Paulo, in the Brazilian championship, in São Paulo, and were victorious 1-0, a goal scored nine minutes earlier, in a rare attack, which they controlled, and the people of Ceara were able to excel.
Memphis placed the ball with less affection than he had given it to the Dutch team and shot it low towards the goal.
Then, suddenly, and nothing more than a sudden, as the poet said, the figure of Corinthians defender Andre Ramalho appears out of nowhere, like a stalker, throwing himself to the ground with his back to the ball, as if he had an epileptic fit, and receiving a lady, with all due respect, a blow on her ass, on her ass, on her ass. Yes, kick in the ass!
Excuse the infrequent reader, perhaps I should have written “derrière” because in French it is more elegant.
But Corinthians didn’t acquire its lobby vocabulary, hence the blunt truth: There are plenty of reasons to choose foul language.
Although Mrs. Luisa Kfoury, the teacher who was called Tia Luisa in good times at school, Lourenco Castanho, the mother of this angry journalist who writes, said that the backside is a beautiful word, and the chrysanthemum, yes, is ugly.
Visiting punch side Corinthians lost for the fifth time at home in the Brazilian league, after four draws and seven wins, taking just 25 points from 48 played in Itaqueira.
Without the ability to present even an interesting game idea, only secret plays were rehearsed, so secret that the players, like the fans, were not aware of them.
Dorival Junior failed with Corinthians as he did with the Brazilian national team, and if he wins the Copa do Brasil, which is highly unlikely with Cruzeiro advancing in the semi-finals, everything indicates that he will have the same ending as he did with Flamengo, same champion: front door, use of the house.
With the fourth-highest payroll in the Championship, Corinthians sits in 13th place and is not in danger of relegation as there are worse teams.
As for dreaming of a place in the pre-Libertadores, let’s face it, even if it means a few bucks to pay off a billion-dollar debt, it’s best avoided.
It would be better to settle for the Copa Sudamericana, the only tournament missing from the trophy room – and please understand that it contains a paradox, because even the second continental division is for Corinthians, like the beak of an ostrich, more of a pit than a podium.
There are, at the bottom of the well, or like the light at the end of the tunnel without it being a train going against the current, there are only two exits for the century-old Corinthians Paulista sports club, the country’s second-largest fan base and two-time FIFA Club World Champion: the negotiation with SAFiel and the possible solution with Caixa Econômica Federal to acquire the rights to place its brand on the stadium located in the eastern district of São Paulo.
But to this end, we should not deceive believers: either pressure them, play games and demand changes, or the future will be worse than the present, a lesson in how not to manage a gold mine founded by a group of workers and sunk by a group of unqualified people.
Hail to Corinthians, former Champion of Champions!
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