The most scathing critic displays his hypocrisy in 280 characters
Oh, life is full of sweet ironies, and the world of Mexican soccer is its epicenter. This Sunday, while Club América was blowing out the imaginary candles on its 109-year-old cake, a miracle occurred as unexpected as a penalty in favor of the rival in Azteca: David Faitelson, the perpetual scourge of the Águilas, the Grinch of Coapa, dedicated a Twitter thread so saccharine that it could cause collective diabetes.
It turns out that the team that has been the favorite target of his poisoned darts for years, suddenly transformed, before his eyes and those of his astonished followers, into a magnanimous, unifying and cementing institution of national sport. What brought about this change of heart? Did they offer you a lifetime membership in the stadium? Or did he simply cross a cosmic wire while tweeting?
A love-hate that goes around more than a defensive carousel
In his message, which seemed more like an award acceptance speech, Faitelson praised the greatness of the controversial club, its ability to live under pressure and that charming gift of being loved or hated, but never ignored. Come on, he described America with the same devotion with which a fan describes his idol. It’s as if Little Red Riding Hood’s wolf suddenly started praising grandma’s nutritional virtues.
And this is where the plot gets juicy, because the internet’s memory is longer than a game with infinite stoppage time. The users of the social network They reminded him, with the affection of a kick to the ankles, of his own words from October 2022, where he himself pointed out the conflict of interest of the Televisa commentators when talking about América, since his salary, according to his own brilliant deduction, comes from the same pocket that pays the players.
The million-dollar question, which floats in the air like a lost ball, is: has Televisa’s pocket changed shape? Or does Faitelson now consider that his salary comes from a different pocket, perhaps a magical and immaculate one, giving him freshly baked credibility?
To add more fuel to this absurd fire, we cannot forget Faitelson’s recurring confession: as a child he was America fan. This explains everything and nothing at the same time. It is the classic case of love that could not be, turned into a professional rage that today, apparently, becomes love again. A soap opera more tangled than the tactics of a team in decline, where the protagonist does not know if he wants to conquer the protagonist or destroy her. Perhaps his congratulatory message is actually a cry for help, the final confession of a man trapped in his own contradictory narrative.
Meanwhile, América, that powerful and winning club, continues on its path, probably unfazed by the belated praise of one of its most famous detractors. After 109 years, they have seen it all: triumphs, failures, heroes and villains. One tweet or so, no matter how cynical or sincere it may seem, is just another anecdote in its vast history. Of course, a deliciously hypocritical anecdote that reminds us that in football, as in life, the lines that separate love from hate, criticism from praise, and journalism from comedy, are as fine as the Azteca grass after a concert.
What does this life lesson wrapped up in a Twitter thread leave us? Simple: in the beautiful game, consistency is the most difficult trophy to win, and apparently, Faitelson decided not to compete in that final.
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