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Celebrated by the intolerance with which he managed to enter the restricted circuit of cartilages, lawyer Eduardo Aruajo set ambitious goals for his career in sports. After losing the presidential election to Paribana Football Federation by just one vote, he took over as executive director of Sao Paulo Crystal in the metro area of João Pessoa and helped lead the club to the first state division. However, the promising path as a leader was cut short in late June. At the age of 33, he contracted new coronovirus, spent three weeks in hospital, and died of pneumonia. According to the family, in contrast to the pattern indicating a high mortality rate from the disease among the elderly, Araujo was young and had no prior health problems. He left his wife and seven-year-old son David.
The Kovid-19 epidemic has killed approximately 220,000 people in Brazil since March 2020. At least 10 professionals who work directly with high-performance football – among top hats, coaches and assistants – add to this figure. The uproar over Araujo’s death sparked a wave of demonstrations from the Paraba clubs, with teams working on the director’s work. “Eduardo was a capable guy, had a great relationship with the players and was very focused on work. We were sure he would come out of this ”, says Mousio Fernandes, president of Sao Paulo Crystal. “As an overall figure, the entire Parababa football community felt its loss too much.” Before dying, Dudu, as he was known by family members, protested the resumption of sports in the state in the mid-2020s, realizing that athletes and professionals would be exposed to the virus and to the disease. Can develop sequels.
In December alone, four more Brazilian leaders died of complications of coronovirus. Most prominent was 59-year-old Paulo Magro of Chapecoense. Four years after the plane crash, which killed 71 people, the Santa Catarina Club received a new setback by its representative. He went on hemodialysis and gave signs of improvement, but he could not resist a kidney infection caused by the disease. Officers paid tribute to the president at the Arena Conda, where his coffin paraded under the banner of Chap. The club perpetuated Magro’s name in the memorial that reminds victims of the aerial disaster in Colombia.
Cruziro’s vice-president, 71-year-old Amagense Football Federation vice-president, Biagio Peluso, 64 years old, Paulo Roberto Rodrigues, 64 years old, and Rio Prato Esporte Clube, marketing director of Carlos Bombym, also died late last year. , 52 years. Famous by the nickname of Carlinhos Jacare in the city of São Paulo, as he conceived as a mascot in team sports, he was responsible for attracting sponsors to the team. In October, João Rodrigues Coca, 54, director of Aparecidense, died. He found that he had the virus regularly tested with Goes team players. Three days later, he developed symptoms and was hospitalized. “Actually on Sunday – football day on the pitches – you leave us to lead a team of warriors from heaven”, expressed Maguito Viela (MDB), former mayor of Appresida and friend of Coca at the time, who later Disease will contract in The mayor of Goia, who was elected while in critical condition, died in the ICU for two months, two weeks after being taken into virtual possession inside the hospital.
Similar to Goise’s politician, Marco Jose Bobsin, Marco, one of Gremio’s vice-presidents, noticed that his condition in the hospital had worsened for more than 100 days. He was reportedly infected by the new coronavirus at a fraternity dinner between the boards of Internacional and Gremio, before the classic by the Libertadores on March 11. Four other officials, including the presidents of both clubs, tested positive for Kovid-19 after the incident. Marco was discharged in June. In the following month, however, he returned to the hospital for viral complications and died at the age of 68 due to a stomach infection.
Professionals working in the field are also exposed to severe manifestations of the disease. Coach Marcello Vega died at the age of 56 on 14 December. He tested positive in November, while leading Sao Bernardo to the Copa Paulista, and was removed to serve a period in isolation, but the symptoms quickly worsened. Two days after his death, Botafogo lost 59-year-old technical assistant René Weber. “A high level professional, Rene was loved by everyone, she cared for excellence in work and maintaining a good environment. He was yet another victim of Kovid-19, ”Rio’s team said.
Both had a track record as a former record in major clubs with former clubs. Celio Tavira, 79, same case as Vasco and National-URU idol, killed in May, and Klaiber Arado, 47, Coritiba’s top scorer in 1990. The former striker died on 2 January, after more than a month in the ICU. Intubation, pneumonia and induced coma. “His passing was the saddest day of my life. He fought a lot, but, unfortunately, he could not win this fight, “says Klee’s wife Sol Sene.” At least we managed to say goodbye to my husband for friends and family, even though we Still in the midst of an epidemic. “
In May, the 68-year-old Massegas Jorge Luiz Domingos was the first employee of an expression club tormented by the Coronaires. He suffered a cardiac arrest as the disease worsened. With 40 years at home, Jorginho was the oldest employee of Flamengo. “We will be forever grateful for your dedication to the Rubaru-Negro”, said at the time, the club, which, despite already mourning for the epidemic, led the vocal to the return of the Carioca Championship at the height of the epidemic . 38 employees detected the virus. In return, rival Vasco recorded two deaths by Kovid-19 in December: Luiz Heinrich Ribeiro, a masseur from the lower ranks, and nurse Meranir da Silva, Miro. Throughout the season, the team had more than 40 athletes infected. For example striker Tales Magno tested positive on two occasions.
Blind spots in testing faults open for faulty protocols and unusual episodes, such as those recorded last Saturday in Algao. Avadi player Valdivia was warned in the interval of the match against CSA that he tested positive and needed to be replaced. Asymptomatic, the attacking midfielder went into isolation, but only after sharing the pitch with teammates and opponents for more than 45 minutes.
Outbreaks, complications and possible replicas
On the last day of 2020, Vasco announced the return of the team’s command coach Wanderley Luxembourg. When he was introduced, he talked about an 11-day period of hospitalization for lung involvement by coronovirus. Yet with a moderate cough and hoarse voice, the 68-year-old was discharged on 22 December. “Kovid-19 is a lottery, we do not know what is going to happen. If you intubat, recovery is complex and unpredictable. I was afraid of lack of oxygen, not being able to breathe, but luckily I did not have to intubat ”, he said in his presentation.
Luxembourg tested positive in July, when he was training Palmyras, and spent 10 days in isolation, asymptomatic. At first, the doctors attending with him at Sírio Libanês Hospital considered the possibility of a possible re-build due to more aggressive symptoms, but the trainer claimed that, for the first time, he was diagnosed with a false positive. At the Paulista Championship, Albert Einstein Laboratory, responsible for testing the tournament, conceded errors in 23 positive tests from Red Bull Bragantino, which led the team to a loss on the eve of the match against the Corinthians.
In addition to Luxembourg, another technician who suffered complications from Kovid-19 was Coca from Santa. The club experienced an outbreak of the disease in November, along with more than 30 infected professionals, including 22 female athletes. Kuka, 57, spent a week in the hospital and received medical advice for another 10 days in isolation, as a cardiopath. As a matter of fact, Koch’s entire family was corrupt – his father-in-law died. Before the re-start of football, in the middle of last year, the athletes’ union protested to the early withdrawal of activities, as it considered the risk of infection of players and, as a result, the high of their family members.
However senior managers such as Carlos Augusto de Barros e Silva, 82 years old, former president of São Paulo, who spent nearly a month in the hospital, Paulo Pallip, 69, former football director of Coritiba, who took more than two months to overcome it Liya Rog, and CSA President, Rafael Tenorio, 66, who is hospitalized at Syrio Libana, affected by Kovid-19, are also not immune to complications. Striker Roberto from Chopicones needed to be hospitalized due to symptoms such as shortness of breath and body aches. “It was the biggest challenge of my life”, the athlete reported in the first game after his return. “I had 40% of my lungs affected. I felt that I would not play again this season. This virus is no joke. “Operio midfielder Pedro Kane spent three days at the club in Paraná amid the outbreak.”
Indifferent to the risks and losses in the epidemic, leaders of many clubs press the authorities to return fans to the stadium. Rio de Janeiro’s government and city hall also indicated the possibility of allowing 30% of the public. However, they backed down due to lack of support by medical and scientific committees. In the United Kingdom, some cities have gained authorization to reopen stadiums for 5,000 fans, but the measure lasted less than a month, because earlier this year, the government made a new decision Lockdown.
With no forecast for the gates to reopen in the Brazilian Championship, Conmbol considered selling tickets for the Libertadores final, which will be played in Maracana on 30 January. However, with an explosion in the number of cases and deaths in the country, the South American Confederation rejected the hypothesis and initially, assured that the stand would be vacant for the decision of the largest tournament in the US. A resolution by the Health Secretariat allowed 20% of the public in Rio de Janeiro’s stadiums based on each region’s risk rating, but Mayor Eduardo Pace spoke on the social network, guaranteeing that the measure was “almost” canceled. Will be done. Impossible “to observe.” Last Friday, Governor Claudio Castro authorized 10% of the public (7,800 people) in Maracana for the Libertadores final. The entrances will be distributed by Conmbol, which obliges all spectators in the stadium to present a negative PCR test.
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