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Lights and Shadows of football by Eduardo Galeano


And soon, Mexico ...



tie between France and Uruguay.
To catch up a bit, I suggest, my canaillou, for you to get presto FOOTBALL, SHADOW AND LIGHT, by Eduardo Galeano of Uruguay.

Read, as a starter, this analysis of this jewel maverick on this universal passion.

This author, because he is committed to his century, could not avoid addressing the social phenomenon that is football on the continent and the world, which he did in 1995 with football, shadow and light. But do not worry: it's not the austere test of an "intellectual" focusing on the sport, but a vast array consisting of short texts two pages, like so many contrasting buttons: small stories, portraits, anecdotes talking, reflections on its various facets, which reflect his love and his deep understanding for the light contribution of football, which does not the lucidity of its dark side, as the title indicates. And he is right in both cases.

WANT - THEY DO THE FOOTBALL?

repeatedly and always concrete, without bombarding him with lessons, E. Galeano laments the transformation of a game that is part of the spirit of childhood Machine profitable entertainment (less spectacular also !). Citing the Brazilian Joao Havelange, newly inducted president of FIFA in June 1974, which states bluntly: "I am here to sell a product called football," he evokes the "sponsorship" and "marketing" in football: "Companies have understood that football is a universal language that can contribute to the expression of their business worldwide. " In connection with the "telecracy": "by their direct or indirect, television decides where, when, and how we play."

It recalls thinking about the same Havelange players (Maradona, Jorge Valdano ...) Who complained of having to play through 40 ° C at midday at the 1986 Mexico World, to be assured that the broadcasting of matches in Europe for prime time: "Let them play and they are silent! . He took the opportunity to point the opacity of the financial accounts of international institutions or clubs in most countries, the image of international financial flows to tax havens and other countries with bank secrecy in these times of "globalization." For him, if professional players now earn exorbitant sums, they save much more by their activity in many others, without being then know the amount.
He denounces the travesty of the players in "walking advertisement": "Today, every player is playing an advertisement." He could also discuss the stages converted to large billboards.