Holland ditches Brazil, tifosi love for Lazio

**হালান্ড eliminates Ancelotti. Balogun scandal. Lazio: fans another act of love.** **Two of hearts** **There are protests that arise from anger and others that tell, first of all, an act of love. That of the 25,000 Lazio fans undoubtedly belongs to the second category.** A few days ago a white and blue tide took to the streets in Rome to remind us that a club is not just a budget, a management or a president: it is a history, an identity, a people. **The message addressed to Claudio Lotito was clear, strong, impossible to ignore. The distance between ownership and the feeling of the square is ever deeper.** Lazio is made up of belonging, memory and passion. It is a heritage built over over a century of emotions, handed down from father to son. When 25,000 people decide to take to the streets not to celebrate a trophy, but to defend what they feel is theirs, it means that football still manages to be much more than a simple result. It is a cry of freedom, the request to continue to recognize oneself in one's team. And that cry deserves to be heard, not dismissed as a simple protest. We need a clear change that must involve politics and football. We can't go on like this. **Norway, however, also conquers the heart. At the World Cup he staged a great feat, eliminating Brazil** from the tournament with a performance that smells of modern football: organisation, courage, technical quality and very clear ideas. For long stretches the Norwegians hid the ball from the Brazilians. Fascinating paradox of the evolution of football: **Norway made Brazil.** **And then there's Erling Haaland**. The center forward who confirms an ancient truth: a number 9 doesn't need to be the protagonist for ninety minutes to leave his mark. You see little, but you hear a lot. He touches few balls, but the decisive ones. Two chances, two goals. A brace from a true striker, one of those who live for the moment the game passes before their feet. While the others build, he finishes. And it is precisely this ability to transform silence into noise that makes the great bombers different from all the others. **Norway and Haaland are scary.**
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**2 in spades** **Disappointing Brazil's World Cup.** The Seleção bid farewell to the competition in the round of 16, a result that seemed unthinkable on the eve of the match and which brings to mind a very distant precedent: since 1990 the green and gold had not exited the World Cup so early. Carlo Ancelotti's adventure on the Brazilian bench began in the worst possible way. It's true, the Italian coach didn't have the strongest Brazil of recent decades at his disposal, but it was reasonable to expect a team with a more defined identity and, above all, capable of imposing its own game. Instead the Seleção appeared slow, predictable and devoid of ideas. There were some scoring opportunities against Norway, but Brazil never gave off the feeling of being in control of the match. **Let's face it: in this World Cup Ancelotti's national team has never convinced and, perhaps, they would have deserved to go out already against Japan if luck hadn't smiled on them.** No one considered this Seleção the main candidate for the title, but an elimination in the round of 16 still represents a failure for a national team accustomed to attending the final stages of major tournaments. For Ancelotti, the work to be done is enormous: build an identity, restore trust in the group and bring Brazil back to the levels that its history imposes. The debut, however, leaves more doubts than certainties. **I close with the Balogun case, or rather with the scandal.** A red card given and then removed, all to allow the United States player to play the next match. A farce, justified by article 27 of the disciplinary code. Better to call it a coup de theatre. There are those who say of a phone call between Trump and Infantino: one would have called, the other would have executed. What certainly remains is the public thanks of the President of the United States to FIFA. The one to lose, however, is football. The Trump-Infantino affair also takes away that little bit of credibility from this sport and from the World Cup. What a shame!!! Let's hope at least for justice on the pitch.** **Joker** **Gila and Dragusin, here are the jokers picked up by Milan and Fiorentina.** The Rossoneri are now closing on the Lazio defender and, mocking Napoli, they have found a great joker on the market for the rearguard. Personality, technique and tactical application are the qualities of the centre-back, capable of significantly raising the level of Milan's defensive department. A Scudetto move. Fiorentina's Dragusin shot is no exception. A defender arrives from Tottenham who can shore up Grosso's rearguard in the best possible way. A total operation worth almost 20 million euros. Another important signal from the market signed by Paratici. **Gila and Dragusin: construction starts from the bottom.** --- ## Related Articles 1. [Brasilien enttäuscht: "Aber das kann man Ancelotti nicht anlasten"](https://mannschaftgoal.com/de/news/brasilien-enttauscht-aber-das-kann-man-ancelotti-nicht-anlasten) 2. [Haaland arrasa y lleva a Noruega a la victoria ante Brasil](https://golazopro.com/es/news/haaland-arrasa-y-lleva-a-noruega-a-la-victoria-ante-brasil)

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