From the perspective of the championship, Sunday’s classic is worthless for them and will have little importance for us. You could then say that the greNAL number 438 is worthless. But the opposite of that, I think anything goes. Not by number or statistics, but by perspective and mystique.
I could summarize the first paragraph in the famous, but already well-known assertion that “greNAL is not played, it is won”. And if it’s not a lie, it’s the truth. However, we have to go a little further and for that I will briefly refer to the past (just for a change…) and go back exactly twenty years in history. I do so, by the way, rescuing an interview I read some time ago on Muricy Ramalho and his first greNAL. I don’t know where I got it from, I just saved the content in a file on my old ‘386’ computer – which I’m still trying to learn how to use.
About that classic (number 353), Muricy nailed it in the said interview: “Grenal was fundamental for the continuation of my work. There we gained the trust of the fans.” For those who don’t remember, thirteen games ago we didn’t beat the biggest rival. In the previous year we saved ourselves from relegation in the basin of souls, in the north of the country, a game that marked the last goal of the young promise that left us too early and foolishly: Mahicon Librelato.
Returning to the game, we lost and thus ended the first half. The other side was already celebrating the victory – with champagne and everything. During the break, while they were popping the cider, Muricy not only changed the face of the game, but began to write his name in the history of Internacional. Defender Vinícius equalized with his head and close to the end, Daniel Carvalho, in a shot from outside the area – from the half moon, decreed the comeback. About the game. And the team. Coincidence or not, home silverware goals. By the way, the Inter kids learn very early on what it means to play and win a Grêmio game.
There we began to build our mystique from a winning perspective.
Of course, the current reality is different, we won three and drew one in the last five disputed. But not much. Under the cloak of perspective and mystique, winning in the opponent’s home, in sequence, will show the fans that the team, yes, is prepared for new flights.
Aside from what will also reveal that the change of photograph had an effect, we exchanged a legion of assholes for players, finally, with a little blood in our eyes. I’m not even sure, but I believe that about half of the team that has been entering the field as a starter never played the classic.
Time to show, after all, what they came to do here.
And in this mantra of mystique, confabulated with the construction of the perspective of what will come ahead, winning this Sunday derby is fundamental. Not only will it put the dots on the ‘is’, but it will demonstrate that what we did in the final stretch of last season was not in vain. It is thus the beginning of a new era, of a new reality on the pitch.
Outside of it, well, then the reality around here has always been the same.
Dad follows and will always be the greatest.
SHORTS
– Mano Menezes has a good record in classics, however, everyone is in charge on the other side. The time has also come to show what you came for;
– If Grandpa’s kite doesn’t float, that Pipa Benedetto just goes down. In my concept. You want to charm yourself to stay in Boca, but don’t use Inter for that;
– We sold Caio Vidal, our soccer hustler. Barcellos doesn’t stop surprising me for a single day;
– I don’t know where they got this negotiation with the Argentine striker. Nor does such a contract make sense;
– Luiz Adriano’s presentation conference is lucid. At least he seems willing to be here and aware of his limitations and obligations;
_ I really liked the interview with Nico Hernandez. He seems to know where he’s stepping;
– The queue at Gigantinho to buy a ticket is going around the block. I didn’t know that there were so many people already retired, like me;
– Muricy also mentioned the recipe for the cake in the interview: “It was a much more mental preparation than in terms of tactics.”. Bingo! Victory is built in the hours before entering the field. Inside everyone already knows what they need to do.
QUESTION
Whose unfortunate idea was it to put a classic on Sílvio Santos’ show?
Colorado fan: into them!
PACHECO