Should all Catalans be happy about Girona’s excellent season? Understand, we are not referring to the zombie and routine flattery that serves to disguise indifference and to look good in passing. This is not rejoicing, it is just doing what is expected of you. The question refers to whether those of us who are not from Girona should have a sincere expression of euphoria because their success also belongs to us. It goes without saying that the recognition of the Girona club is not optional. No matter how little one likes football, there is no other choice than to take off your hat for what Míchel’s players are doing, candidates without nuances to win the League despite Thursday’s cup defeat.
Excellent news. More so when we are talking about a team that still lives in full communion with the local fans, those who live in the nearby streets and squares and with well-known names. The only one capable of giving a sporting entity its own unrepeatable personality. Girona’s success, which has already reached the end of the season, revives hope for a football that is not based solely on market values.
Oops, but if there are petrodollars behind it!, will say the amazed reader. Well no The statement is not understood by the fact that whoever manages the gear of management and governance of the club is the City Football Group Limited with money from the Persian Gulf. Clubs are what they are; nor what they were, nor what they will be. And as of today, Girona is, unlike others, a city team that continues to breathe with the lungs of its neighborhood.
But recognizing these merits is not the same as feeling them as your own. It is not necessary to experience anything resembling an emotion to properly compliment the protagonist of a deed. And it is on this ground that an overdose of emotionality more fake than a Sevillian euro is detected among a large part of Catalan football fans. Let’s see, gentlemen, you’re not from Girona!
Stop acting like this wedding is yours. Stop touching the glory of Girona as if it belonged to you. Refrain from devaluing the achievements of others with an imposed agitation that turns every celebration into a convention of Pharisees. What makes Girona really great is that they are insanely envied, not that they are kissed to death with the intention of turning them into a second course for all those who have not been able to feed themselves with the first, what was served by his real team. So take the staples out of that wonderful stew, you who profess the faith of other colors. To console himself, he touches the handkerchief, not the Girona. And we already understand each other.
