“There are blackouts that obscure stories and illuminate others”: the compelling reasons for the ‘U’ title and the Alianza debacle | ANALYSIS

Not only that: they made the blue and white brand a laughingstock on social networks (even public organizations such as Sutrán or the National Election Jury joined in the mockery) and put the club on the world map of ridicule.

In a long article that became among the most read on its website, the British newspaper “The Guardian” wrote: .

Articles of the same nature multiplied on various digital platforms around the world. When you reason with a barrabrava brain, there are no thick wallets or MBAs that are worth it. A single click was enough to stain a 122-year-old shield.

The thing is that there are blackouts that obscure stories and illuminate others.

A great champion

Unlike the millionaire arrogance that his Victorian compadre showed, at the beginning of the season the U realized that fighting for money was of no use and it was better to optimize its wallet. It was not easy. He fell several times, but knew how to get up. He put together a squad large in number, just in quality, with key names in each line (Carvallo; Riveros; Ureña; Quispe) and – after the misstep with Compagnucci – a heavy weight on the bench: Jorge Fossati.

At 70 years old, Don Jorge had nothing to prove to anyone. Champion with Peñarol, owner of the Sudamericana with the League, once coach of his national team, when Bielsa’s arrival in Uruguay was a rumor, Sergio Markarián declared that he was the only one he saw with the possibility of competing for the position. At that time, Jorge Barraza said with a premonitory air: “Be careful that Fossati is going to the U for glory.” So it was.

His status as a heavyweight was confirmed when a few hours after his arrival he not only changed the long faces he found in the locker room. That night against Cienciano, the 3-5-2 debuted with brilliance. It was 2-0, but the feeling that was felt in the Ate stands was that this cream of fast movements and high pressure was playing something else. There was a scent of modernity.

The U was unbeatable at the Monumental, although they failed a lot when they had to play away from home, especially in the Apertura. My hypothesis? An overdose of anxiety fueled by the initial failures and how well Alianza and Cristal started. Silly expulsions and unclassifiable defeats. His emotional control grew and while in Ate they talked about Ureña’s filtered passes, in La Victoria Cueva’s ligaments and Távara’s crashes were news.

And if five years ago he stuck his head together with Denis in the 1-0 win over Huancayo, this season the fan helped with his encouragement to push Orejas’ goals or those unusual curves coming out of Urruti’s boots. Without those 40 thousand or 50 thousand crazy people who on Sunday afternoons or Monday nights flooded the Javier Prado, the U of ‘Tarzán’ Riveros, the ‘Tano’ Di Benedetto, the beloved José Aurelio, the ‘Tunche’, the Pharaoh , Álex, Murru, Emanuel, Anca, Bolívar, Yuriel, the misunderstood MPG and the others would not be celebrating this new star, the 27th, the one persecuted for so many years, the one that the littleness of some irresponsible office fans, high-neck hooligans and tie, he wanted to darken.