Athletico and the reasons to have hope: Fernandinho and chance

Pessimism weakens, say doctors. So, let’s be optimistic: mathematics does not authorize, not even in images, the Athletico relegated in the Brasileirão.

But this fact does not necessarily make Atleticano more optimistic. The fact that he is passionate does not offend his conscience of knowing the elementary principles for reaching numbers.

In the case of this promised “great team” assembled by Petraglia and Márcio Lara, mathematics loses its nature as an exact science. Any equation, no matter how simple and logical, comes up against the technical and tactical limits of Hurricane.

So, the hypotheses possible through mathematics become conditional hypotheses, which in football can have the meaning of illusion, hopelessness, sadness, heartache. And, now, it is known that in the case of Hurricane, it was a lie.

The team’s technical incapacity not only makes the mathematics illogical, it also begins to destroy the mystique of the fans in Baixada. There is no news in the club’s history of such faithful and supportive conduct by Atlético fans towards the team, as was the case against Vitória. And yet, the failure (2×1) was due to technical idleness.

This is not a thesis, but it is what French statesman De Guale expressed, “Your Excellency, the fact”: mathematics and this Athletico team are distant cousins. It’s a risk to bet on a date.