“We are at the right moment to ask that it be a classic in peace, that violence never beats the ball” | DT Publishing

Alianza Lima receives Universitario in Matute, in the final to which both qualified with absolute justice, and we are at the right moment to ask that it be a classic in peace, that each ball be played as if it were the last, that it be celebrated with respect but that never, violence beats the ball.

The phenomenon exists, it is real, it surpasses stadiums and institutions, and it will not be resolved only with registration or caning. To fight against this enemy it is important to know him, study him, find the reasons for his violence and why he has found a way to escape in football. Here everyone involved matters: journalists, leaders, police, the State. We allow ourselves to say that as long as that does not happen, nothing will change.

Because football, the one we knew, has already changed. Folklore, or what our grandparents called folklore, no longer exists. It is impossible to imagine a cover equal to the one that Perú Match produced in September 1969 with Perico León and Chumpitaz hugging, laughing. Or that beautiful meeting, narrated by Pocho Rospigliosi and photographed in “Ovación”, between Teófilo Cubillas and Lolo Fernández in the locker room of the old National Stadium, after the 1975 Copa América. And, of course, where he proposed something that today would seem infamy. : exchange shirts, and have the Tank dress in cream and Cocoliche in blue and white.

That time is over. Since then, no one knows exactly how or when, another language dominated the stands where people were previously encouraged by celebrating dancing and banging wood. Other manners were imitated, other trophies were sought and other triumphs were celebrated. And everything is recorded in HD. None had to do with a goal.

That said, and in the middle of a week that has brought out the worst in everyone, the classic that defines the champion of League 1 Betsson 2023 is being played. Everything has been discussed, except football. It’s a mystery even if Carlos Zambrano will be a starter and how much good he could do for the local defensive line. Or if academic and his memory team will play in the same way as in the Monumental, overlapping, drowning, playing.

Everything has been discussed, except football, which as we already know has been the only collective sport that has made us forget the political hatred that divides the country into dozens of pieces. Let everything be defined on the court. Let the affection for his shirt be disputed there. And let nothing else tarnish it. Fortunately, the goals are not scored by the violent people on Twitter.