Sacred monster comes to Adriano's defense
Writer Eduardo Galeano gives his opinion on coverage of the soccer star's personal life
By From the team at Flamengo's official website - Lúcio de Castro's Blog - in
Rio de Janeiro's sports news has been covering the personal life of Flamengo striker Adriano in recent days. Several outlets have expressed their opinions on the Emperor's life, and journalist Lúcio de Castro wrote an article about the situation on his ESPN Brasil blog. He was surprised by one of the comments he received. Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan writer considered one of the sacred monsters of the profession, shared his thoughts on the entire controversy surrounding the Flamengo star.
Galeano is Uruguayan, born in Montevideo, and is the author of masterpieces such as *The Open Veins of Latin America*. He dreamed of being a soccer player as a child, and perhaps that simple boy's imagination continues to take over, from time to time.
In addition to being the author of several football chronicles, Galeano wrote "Football in Sun and Shadow." He often pointed to the hidden prejudice and hatred that some football icons arouse in some people for changing their status in society. He addressed this in the past when discussing Romário, Maradona, and so many others.
The quote above is from Lucio de Castro, who kindly provided the official Flamengo website with Galeano's opinion on everything that was said about Adriano.
Check out what the Uruguayan writer says below:
I believe that Adriano's case reveals, as I rightly said, prejudices and judgments that go beyond anecdotes.
The bombardment that Adriano suffers reveals, for example:
- The universal obsession with the private lives of those who are successful, and above all with winning athletes who come from poverty and who were born statistically condemned to failure.
- They are required to be convent nuns, consecrated to the service of others and with a strict prohibition of pleasure and freedom.
- The puritans who watch over them and condemn them are, in general, mediocre people whose most audacious challenge, their most dangerous feat, consists of crossing the street at a red light, at some point in their lives, and this has a lot to do with the envy that other people's success provokes.
- It has a lot to do with the demonization of the poor who do not deny their deepest identity, no matter how successful they are.
- And it also has a lot to do with the human need to create idols and the unspeakable desire for these idols to fall.
Read the full post on Lúcio de Castro's blog
Galeano is Uruguayan, born in Montevideo, and is the author of masterpieces such as *The Open Veins of Latin America*. He dreamed of being a soccer player as a child, and perhaps that simple boy's imagination continues to take over, from time to time.
In addition to being the author of several football chronicles, Galeano wrote "Football in Sun and Shadow." He often pointed to the hidden prejudice and hatred that some football icons arouse in some people for changing their status in society. He addressed this in the past when discussing Romário, Maradona, and so many others.
The quote above is from Lucio de Castro, who kindly provided the official Flamengo website with Galeano's opinion on everything that was said about Adriano.
Check out what the Uruguayan writer says below:
I believe that Adriano's case reveals, as I rightly said, prejudices and judgments that go beyond anecdotes.
The bombardment that Adriano suffers reveals, for example:
- The universal obsession with the private lives of those who are successful, and above all with winning athletes who come from poverty and who were born statistically condemned to failure.
- They are required to be convent nuns, consecrated to the service of others and with a strict prohibition of pleasure and freedom.
- The puritans who watch over them and condemn them are, in general, mediocre people whose most audacious challenge, their most dangerous feat, consists of crossing the street at a red light, at some point in their lives, and this has a lot to do with the envy that other people's success provokes.
- It has a lot to do with the demonization of the poor who do not deny their deepest identity, no matter how successful they are.
- And it also has a lot to do with the human need to create idols and the unspeakable desire for these idols to fall.
Read the full post on Lúcio de Castro's blog