In À sombra das chuteiras inmortais , Nelson Rodrigues writes about the supernatural importance of certain parties: «No one can miss Maracaná on Sunday, and I include ghosts in the call: death does not exempt anyone from their duties with the club».

That is why it is necessary for the derby to play the old man you have or the one you no longer have, the uncle who took you for the first time to the field and that kid who saw it all: Buyo punching Orejuela 30 years ago. Menotti 0-4. Futre's left-hander to the squad in the final of the Bernabéu Cup. Miranda's goal. The fans bouncing in the rain in the last European match of Calderón despite the defeat. And 7-3 ...

In the roster of the red and white fan of good, one thing is a dry soccer game (you despise it); another very different is an Eibar-Atleti de Liga (try not to miss it); and another one of greater caliber -that you note at the beginning of the year- is a derby: you cancel trips, leave the lover planted, give away your tickets for the opera and even stop a train in the middle of the tracks to get to see it.

There are only two sure ways to see a derby without adding unpleasant surprises beyond what the encounter brings. Or accompanied by 65,000 of yours in your stadium or alone in your home. But alone, alone. With the doors sealed with wooden planks and the mobile off. If it can be avoided, the game should not be seen in public places or in those bars where they let everyone in. The spectator must be in place before the players leave the locker room tunnel.

The appetizers should not be taken until the break: tell me how you eat then and I will tell you how you are doing (the stomachs close with the 0-1 in the intermission and the 1-0 is hungry). The volume of the television has to be pulling loudly to silence the neighbor's flee . The talisman scarf must be located from the morning to avoid setbacks. And under no circumstances - for nothing in the world - a message of mockery should be sent to the friend of the rival team until the referee has not called the end of the game.

Then it is no longer possible.

It is due.

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