“Don’t consume. See the reality we have. Match by match there, we’re screwed”. Ever since Simeone recited the Bible, has become the best thing to happen to Atleti in its 120-year history. He has earned the love of the fans, the support of the club and the trust of the players. He is the moral authority of the club. In the good and in the bad. Whoever writes this, who belongs to a well-known sect, the ‘cholista’, and feels honored to be one, has for years denounced that since the arrival of the Argentine he has been mercilessly shot at from the stinkiest media corners of ‘nacionalmadridismo ‘. .
Some are still stinging, others have exhausted the supply of ‘Hemoal’ and there are those who have thrown in the towel, resigned, because for eleven years they have been prophesying an end to a cycle that never comes. That said, aside from Simeone and his Atleti being annoying, Simeone needs to be given justice. It is so true that there is a systematic attack on everything that smells of Cholo, as if the Argentinian does not need a la carte massages. It’s up there. And anyone who thinks Simeone needs spokespersons who write what others want to read is wrong. From start to finish For Simeone, constructive criticism improves. And if it’s irritating to constantly attack Simeone for everything he says or does, it’s also starting to get irritating to turn journalism into a series of embarrassing public relations. Medium term is virtue. No removable ‘consumers’ needed. They don’t add up. They just ballast.
Straight to the point. If someone kicked Nahuel Molina at Cholo’s express request, that’s his problem. If De Paul was used as an excuse to poke fun at Simeone, badly done. And if Joao Félix was used by the media ‘Nacional Madridismo’ as a throwing weapon against Simeone, a problem for those who ‘bought’ that cheap speech to turn it into a ‘civil war’ for the club. The reality is that Nahuel Molina was not on level in September, he expressed doubts, he centered badly and defended worse. That is the truth. As much as today’s Molina, the Nahuel already world champion, is a dagger in his band, he has a great pass, he sees the goal and puts much better than before. He was not the apostasy of temptation, nor is he God now. And of course it wasn’t used to kill Simeone before, nor can it be used to deify the coach now.
Molina was sad and now she’s sweet. To say the contrary, to deny the greatest, is to deceive the loner. They pay us to tell what we see, not to be passionate about it. It’s football. The same goes for De Paul. It used to never seem to be there and now it always seems to add up. Or with Koke, whom some have killed and tolerate today. Or with Griezmann, who was killed by many last year and today washes his feet with rose water. By the way, apply the same, although some do not like it, with Joao Félix. The harassment Cholo was subjected to by the Portuguese is not normal, nor is the ferocity with which he is prodded to beatify Simeone now normal. The truth is that players should not be used to kill Cholo, nor to praise him without measure. The field speaks. The facts too.
One, a convinced chololist, who always comes to the crossroads when he understands that Simeone is disrespected for free, is clear that Cholo, no matter how many media enemies he has, does not need spokespersons or amanuensis. It’s way up there. Simeone has earned the love of the people, the support of the club and the confidence of the dressing room. “Do not consume.” Neither the outrageous attack nor the unnecessary praise. Simeone doesn’t need “consumers” on demand. No consumption of removal and installation. And neither does Athletic.
Reuben Uria
Source: Goal