Sunday, 09/29/2024 1 – 0 Full time
The strength of the collective always lies in the weakest link.
In a team sport, in which only 11 starting players can play and the rest must wait on the bench, it is very easy to think that only if you start are you one of the important ones.
It is usually one of the big lies that surrounds football, a sport in which on countless occasions it is the players who come off the bench who resolve the matches. Even from a tactical point of view, the most differential coaches usually plan the match in different scenarios. We could then talk about micro matches, in which not only the eleven players are planned to win the match but the vision is amplified towards all possible options according to plan AB or C.
These types of messages would be forgotten if it were not for the fact that the main leaders of the teams know that each of their components are essential. I don’t say important, I say essential. Because each individual talent that is put at the service of the collective will result in group success. Everyone is vital when they are engaged, so no one should be left behind. That was Lo Celso’s gesture after the goal, pointing to the assistant, the young Assane Diao. That was the message to the world of football: no one will be left behind, we will all continue together.
This aspect seems fundamental when things don’t go well individually but you give absolutely everything. It is in those moments when one can come to doubt oneself that the strength of the group protects him and puts him back into the dynamic. Absolutely no one wins a game alone. Only from the collective can you win. It is even allowed to lose when the dedication is absolute because it is the best way to return to victory. Do not leave anyone behind along the way because we are all essential in the destiny we set for ourselves. This is Betis and no one is ever abandoned.
Jesus Botello. Writer “Pellegrini Leadership”, “The Strategist” and “Sports Scouting”
