Corruption and culture

Soccer must have a lot of strength if "The Ins and Outs of FIFA" (Netflix) does not make us want to watch a game.

We know that corruption is at the origin of the World Cup in Qatar.

The Lobby entered FIFA and found people sensitive to the dollar, simple as that.

The result is a World Cup in November/December, in a city rather than a country and under the rule of a very rich autarchic monarchy.

The West condemns Qatar without fissures for not respecting the rights of the LGTBI community, for considering women inferior or for the terrible working conditions of the workers who built the stadiums.

But let's look at it like this: a World Cup is a peaceful invasion that allows, among other things, to denounce and whet the appetite for freedoms in countries where they are restricted.

It remains to be seen if time is capable of doing its cultural work.

football without cracks

When things are slowly transforming, it is hard to see the face of change, even if we have it in front of us.

That is why it is usually the World Cups, every four years, that highlight the new football trends.

But we already know things and I am afraid that Qatar will amaze us with its physical exuberance, tactical rigor and academic perfection.

The difficult thing will be that he surprises us from the astonishment.

The singular is disappearing for the benefit of the collective with the ineffable help of technology.

The desire to control the game that helps coaches sleep peacefully exaggerated some technical actions, such as control and passing.

Each touch is like a brick that serves to build structured teams that support the building of the game.

At the same time,

method and magic

To get structured, running is easier than thinking and pressing easier than playing.

So everyone press.

Block high, low or medium to make the pressure appear more erudite.

The whole team moving in coordination, with the players close to each other, as if they were cold.

The trend is general.

Then you have to know what to do with the ball: passes, shots, corners, fouls and all the formalities we know.

But we continue going to the field in search of the unexpected and, like so many other species, the midfielders, for example, their habitat disappeared and, without time for evolutionary changes, they find accommodation where they can: wingers, forwards, pure midfielders and, especially bench.

Given this state of affairs, I must say that, for the enjoyment of the game, the method begins to scare me more than the reviled market.

genius and free

I go to the field to see play, as well as see win.

If the cost of winning is boredom or rudeness, I stay home.

Also, to really play well you have to be organized, run, press... and have Messi.

One of those who never reaches mediocrity.

Why do I name Messi?

Because soccer is an artifact that brings a large part of the instructions for use from the cradle and Leo is one of the few who can allow himself to be free and move as he pleases.

At this stage of his life, it seems that he rocks the games while, around him, the Formula 1 cars go by faster and faster. They pass by, I mean.

Because Leo threatens them, he changes their pace, slows them down and ends up finding an original solution for each problem.

I'm going to see those things in Qatar.

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