The defender of Inter and the national team is followed by whistles and protests in every away game. He pays for the simulation with celebration in the Italian derby and also for the hypocrisy of those who blame him for something that many do
In Como it was a concert of whistles. It had already happened in Lecce and it will certainly happen in the derby at Milan’s home ground. All against one because that one made a lot of mistakes and is paying the consequences. But also because the others drink in the hatred conveyed by the Internet and have decided that the guilty person has no possibility of remission, even if he (him) apologized by covering his head with ashes.
Hero: Alessandro Bastoni. Theme: the vulgar simulation with which he caused the expulsion of a colleague (Kalulu) in the last Italian derby with accompanying celebration at the sight of the red card unjustly shown by the unfortunate La Penna. Who remained locked up at home for a week on the advice of the police, publicly lynched for a mistake he was led into but which seemed so serious to the censors of the web and the sports bar that it deserved insults and threats.
Bastoni did incalculable damage on the night at San Siro, to himself and to the entire system, including Inter. He forced his coach into a poor communication to defend him, he will have to push coach Gattuso to deal with the issue when the national team is in Coverciano to compete for access to the World Cup and he has contributed to making an environment used to feeding itself on controversy and poison. He is an adult and vaccinated, he takes the whistles and goes on playing. The point, however, is another.
He made a mistake, the others are doing even worse. Because since the days when the whole world was scandalized that it could be simulated to try to cheat referee and opponent, swearing that enough is enough (“Never mind, my lady…”) we couldn’t stand it anymore, many other colleagues continued to simulate, fall, keep their face never hit, stretched out a leg looking for contact and similar things. Getting away with it. Zero excuses, zero media lynching, zero assault by moralists from the curve and the social platform.
In short, Bastoni made a big mistake, but in the end he was the only one left to pay. Without disturbing the Gospel (“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”) it would also be time for someone to raise their finger to say enough is enough. Anyone, the list of pure fakes is practically as long as that of all the teams in Serie Ayou just need to have the desire to put yourself in the other person’s shoes for a moment and look into your own home. Who can say they have never simulated or benefited from a simulation?
