Expresso Platform: Big Games | Duarte Gomez explains why justice Sergio Conceicao and Jorge Jesus are not on the derby bench next week

It’s not hard to write this week’s chronicle, given the abundance of topics that seem relevant to me. Of the many that I can bring here, I choose three.

I would like to start with sports.

I – A lot has already been said and written about the error in the UEFA draw. Regardless of much that can be said and written, there is one thing that incident proves that reinforces a fact that no one can escape from: making mistakes is part of it.

It’s boring, but it’s true. Sometimes we fail. It’s how it is and like that.

We fail more when we are less efficient, alert, or of course hardworking. We fail less when we are more responsible, professional and capable. But we failed.

The problem is not and never will be. The structural problem is the assumption of error. Learn about the error. Accept that we were not okay. To have that height is a personal matter and that is, you either have it or you don’t.

As often happens here – watch what happened at the Belenenses SAD-SL Benfica – UEFA also did the one thing it could not and should have done: it threw hated to the External Service Provider.

Taking responsibility (albeit indirectly or involuntarily) for a misstep of public effect is not helping those who care about their image, survival, and vanity as reference values.

It is not for those who want it, it is only for those who can, and in the upper circle, few people can.

Secondly – the “classics” among the historical clubs, because they belong to millions and millions of people, must have the presence of their coaches on the field. The only exception should be disciplinary offenses committed days before (in the previous week / day), for which the penalty justified their absence.

Banning two of the main coaches – Sérgio Conceição and Jorge Jesus – from being in the respective technical benches, with their teams, in a game with these characteristics, due to actions being practiced … seven and six months ago (?), it’s just criminal.

In this case, mathematical justice—constrained in overly bureaucratic legal and regulatory networks—was not unfair. It wasn’t fair, it wasn’t fast, it wasn’t efficient.

When you act like that, so late and with such a sense of timing Machiavellian, conveys the idea of ​​fragility. of impotence. And even enjoy. It is the opposite of everything it should direct.

The fault will not lie with those who have to enforce the law, but the fault with those who have made it too heavy, too slow, and too late.

Third – the tradition of Betis fans (sending soft toys to the field at half-time during the Christmas season) is delicious. It is, in fact, the greatest example of what a masterful big “A” role can and should be.

For three years now, both Sevillian supporters have bought a little bear The games, which they then throw on the grounds of the Benito Villamarin Stadium, in a great group photo that will melt the heart.

This practice has already been replicated, here and there, in other tournaments, but not in Portuguese stadiums, so the challenge remains:

– Super Dragons, No Name Boys, Juve Leo and other supporters (more or less organized supporters and/or supporters)… Get started.

Show your dimension as a defender of the best values ​​in sport. Give gifts to those who need them most, giving us all the true picture of what the spirit behind a true football fan should guide.

Be organized. They talk to each other. Take care of the logistics. The work will be no more than moving fireworks, banners or giant flags to the stands. Committed to it. surprise us.

We will be here to greet you.

Do it for yourselves, but above all, for the many girls and boys with whom you will be able to give the most smile a birthday.

The challenge remains.