Giuliano, from Santos, questions football games amid the tragedy in RS: “Does a goal pay the price of a life?” | balleragem

Giuliano comments on the request to postpone Inter, Grêmio and Juventude games: “What is the price of a life?”

– What is the price of a life? Does a goal pay the price of a life? Stadium full and other people suffering. It’s a moment of reflection for us, the Brazilian people love football. But to what extent is it worth not stopping football and letting people suffer? I think it is a moment of reflection for Brazilian football, that we have to show solidarity. Football is in the background. We have to love people, human beings. I don’t know if the federation, the players, the clubs… But I think a stoppage is very worthwhile. Not just for training, but for a psychological reconstruction of the players, of the people who suffered from this until we are able to return with the championship – said Giuliano.

The tragedy has already left 85 dead and 134 missing. In Porto Alegre, 85% of the population does not have access to water, and the City Hall has decreed rationing. When talking about the floods, Giuliano congratulated the aid chain involving football players and called for everyone’s help, without distinction of social class or profession.

– We are influence and examples. From the moment we position ourselves and come together, we have strength, the country looks at us. We have the ability, through our image, to send a positive message, a resource. Gather basic food baskets, money, donations. It’s a time when we need it. We keep putting ourselves in these people’s shoes. Imagine the pain, when the water recedes, what will it be like? In this process, we need everyone – he analyzed, adding:

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– I would like to congratulate whoever is helping. Regardless of social class, regardless of whether you are an actor, whether you are an influencer, whether you are a player, it doesn’t matter who you are helping. And we will continue, because it is a reconstruction process. Just as we are going through this here (at Santos), a process of reconstruction in football, I believe that Rio Grande do Sul needs this reconstruction, from us, from human beings, from the Brazilian people. I always believe that together we are stronger.