I am going to say it without prior notice and without anesthesia, but with complete frankness: here, professional football is a calamity. I know that when reading this more than one person may be “delicate”, and there will be no shortage of others who will complain to me for starting to talk about a topic that is supposed to be reserved for specialists; But the truth is that you don’t need to be a sports commentator or analyst to see how poor the spectacle our championship offers is. What’s more: although today the team I love is very well placed in the table and with serious possibilities of reaching the final, that does not prevent me from seeing the shortcomings of the Colombian league.
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The first problem is the level of the players, the majority of whom do not shine for their virtues or for the seriousness with which they take their work, which is reflected on the field of play, where errors are more frequent than mistakes. successes.
Of course, you cannot put all footballers in the same class, as there are many who stand out for their quality and the mystique with which they assume their responsibilities every time they step on the grass. However, it seems absurd to me that, while in leagues like the Spanish or English one a good part of the figures are boys in their twenties, the stars of the Colombian league are veterans who, despite being about to retire , surpass in performance and responsibility many young people who do not know what it is to sweat a shirt.
You don’t need to be a sports commentator or analyst to see how poor the Colombian championship is.
Just look at the examples of Rodallega, in Santa Fe, Bacca, in Junior; Ramos, in America; Ospina, in the National; Dayro, in Once Caldas, or Falcao, in Millonarios. They all view each match as a final, while their colleagues from the new generations seem more interested in becoming influencers than in playing good matches. Of course, the creativity they lack to play is plenty when it comes to inventing tricks to waste time every time there is a foul, no matter how minor; scenes in which the mania of scolding the referees for every thing they whistle or fail to whistle cannot be missing.
Regarding the referees, it should be noted that their performance leaves much to be desired, and there are rare matches in which there are no controversies over the role of the judges, both on the field and in the VAR, a technology that – due to ignorance or negligence of those who manage it – has not served to give clarity or transparency to the game, which was what was expected.
And although these problems affect the quality of our professional football, there is something even worse: the championship scheme. I don’t understand why they insist on those semester-long aguapanelo tournaments, to award two stars per year, instead of maintaining the annual competition, like in the best leagues in Europe.
On the other hand, the current system is very unfair. It makes no sense that a team like Santa Fe, which has been the best throughout the year, ends up empty-handed, while a team that crawls to the home runs has a good chance of becoming champion. That lacks logic and sense.
Also, the promotion and relegation process is ridiculous gibberish. What average or what anything… The first two from B, let them go up to A, and the last two from A, let them go down. What is the mystery? In fact, if the happy average were applied in category A, Santa Fe should be the champion. And I say this as a Millos fan.
And if to all of the above we add the violence in the stadiums, the attitude and behavior of certain leaders and the ghosts of gambling haunting some dressing rooms, the picture becomes even more desolate.
Rightly so, Professor Néstor Lorenzo almost does not take league players into account for the National Team. It’s just that the level doesn’t work.
VLADDO
