Stories of Paraná - The Argentine goalkeeper

Stories of Paraná - The Argentine goalkeeper

The Argentine goalkeeper
Luiz Groff

All street children thought to be football players.
On the way to school, killed the ball on his chest, driblavam goal among the trees and jumped celebrating.
They were all fluent in the field of dreams.
Seen by the radio Rogan, within the area, up to the right, left and beat Botafogo defeat in the last game of the super championship 46. In Rio, Fluminense was forever.
But many years before, in Curitiba, the choice was defined.
The spass, on the sidewalk, now was the Neno, Coritiba, now the cashew, Atletico.
Ferreira's Rail, ever, was black.
One day the knee popped an old long-sleeved pullover, was Sandro, the Argentine goalkeeper Coritiba.
Final choice.
As Sandro, with heels cats, grated my elbows on the paving stones, swallowing pain, Argentine goalkeeper does not cry nor the hefty bag.
This must have been around 1943, only a few years later I went to my first game.
In Joaquim Américo, with heavy rain, Coritiba lost to Atlético 4-2.
The goalkeeper was Eduil Zanicotti quietly, did not have a meter sixty, even jumping all, scarcely touched the crossbar. The Eduil goalkeeper was the lowest in the world.
Eduil, gnawing disappointment, not because it quietly, since I did not even know goalkeepers were high, but for being my neighbor.
What grace had put on the uniform and kill the rocks, to see a guy who lived on Seventh Street, around the corner?
"The girl next door" is a lie of the film, the girl of our street never done successfully, and did you know that way, leaving luff up in the shadow of the gate ...
ívíitos live far away, goalkeepers Rua Sete de Setembro, one ova, Sandro was the Calle Florida.
Years later, meeting the Dram Club Malu, Channel 12, sports pouch dueled for exchanging knowledge, to impress the audience. The Mazza quoted Perez, Lalo and Zequinha, midline of Juventus. The Réginis Prochmann line the Palestra Italia: Ant, Bastinhos, Bonato, Mario and Valdomiro.
Not to lose, I put Sandro in conversation.
- Sandro? What Sandro? This guy does not exist!
We consulted several encyclopedic thighs, came to the Belo who gave a shitload in Cireno, the Bino who went to Corinthians, Botafogo Ari and selection, but did not find any Sandro, Coritiba's goalkeeper.
Aroldo Fedato vaguely recalled an Argentine goalkeeper, very acrobatic, who broke in training, played only once, against Atletico, surrounded some chickens and was sent away with a reputation for selling.
What is imaginary, Coritiba will come with all the insomnia and anxiety of law, because of a nonexistent Sandro, a miserable, named Stag (The Thigh lost yesterday ...) Maybe, who was not even Argentine .. .

Luiz Groff, engineer and chronicler


Source: Stories of Paraná, Brasil.