Viola? You are right, and Discépolo’s memory forgive him

The appearance raised calcium dust. Viola is the alternative jersey of the national team that will be used in the friendlies against Jamaica and Honduras in the preparatory matches and on the occasion of the Qatar World Cup itself.

Viola? The initiative reported is that it “promotes the values ​​of diversity and inclusion” and was already used by the women’s team in the last Copa América. It looks like a sign of modernity. All right. Before “colors” were sacred. The fan did not say he loves his club without first making it clear that he loved “his colors”. Because colors were the first image of identity.

The example of the unforgettable Discepolín in the old film El Hincha made the moving evocation. “The colors, always the colors … They don’t stain, they don’t betray themselves …” And so the “blue and gold” of Boca, the “red band” of River, the “red” of Independiente were stamped, ” the blue-grained “of San Lorenzo, the” whitish-blue “of Racing, the” bluish look “of Vélez, that of Huracán with the” balloon “.

And all the others.

And the national team has respected the national colors for many years. with sticks Almost a curiosity. Except for Paraguay (white and red), there aren’t many in the world with vertical stripes. It was the one raised by Daniel Passarella in 1978 on the River field and the one that Diego Maradona loved at Azteca de México in 1986. And the alternative, the substitute, when the circumstances of the similarity of the rivals forced him was the blue. One side of the flag, after all.

When the prophets of doom say that with that shirt they lost two finals (Italy 1990 and Brazil 2014) they forget that in that wonderful victory against England in 1986, the one with the “hand of God” and the one with the best goal in history , its author, the revered Diego Maradona, wore that historic shirt.

Everything changed. When the passion for football gave more and more space to business-football, the colors faded. They have ceased to be symbols. Mufa and comfort were distorting them. Viola? You’re right, of course. It’s a lot. It can be said that the red of passion has been added to the blue “of the half flag”.

And may the memory of Enrique Santos Discépolo and his avid fan forgive him.