Mourinho against the doctor

What you need to know about the main sports scandal of Augustus to those who do not understand anything in football

The main event of the first round of the English Premier League was not the scored goals and the beautiful game of the players, but the quarrel of the Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho and the chief doctor of the team of Eva Carneiro. In this story, a lot of things were mixed - the simulations of football players, the professionalism of doctors, rudeness of the best coach in the world, sexism - therefore it is discussed far beyond the boundaries of the football world. Medusa tells the essence of the conflict for those who do not understand sports at all and does not even know who Mourinho is.

Story

Last weekend in England, the new season of the Premier League began. Last year, the Chelsea champion hosted the Swingsi middle house at home. The game was unsuccessful for Chelsea - the team led 2: 1, but then the goalkeeper Tibo Courtois earned the deletion and penalty, which was implemented by Bethimby Gomis. At the end of the match, Chelsea tried to score a victorious goal, but nothing came of it. Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho drove the command forward and was unhappy with any stops. One of them occurred due to the fault of the Chelsea player Eden Azar - after a collision with the Swunxi player, he fell and remained lying on the lawn, showing that he needed help.

A team of doctors led by Eve Carneiro immediately ran out onto the field, found that everything was in order with Azar and returned to her place. The whole episode caused the anger of Mourinho, and he yelled at Carneiro, and also cursed at her in Portuguese. He did not like the actions of the doctor, firstly, because of the pause in the match, and, secondly, due to the fact that the player that the doctors ran out to the football rules, is obliged to leave the field for a short time.

After the match, Mourinho explained that even the team doctors should understand the basics of the game and not run out of the field by trifles. Carneiro did not agree with him. A few days later she was removed from the training of the first team, and the doctor itself was about to demand from Mourinho apologies in court. She was supported by the association of football doctors and the unification of the doctors of the Premier League (yes, there are such in England!). The Daily Mail newspaper wrote that even the owner of the Chelsea, Roman Abramovich, is dissatisfied with the coach.

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What you need to know before judging this story?

Jose Mourinho is a very cool coach, perhaps the best in the world. At the same time, he often quarrels with someone-with players, rivals, coaches of other clubs, journalists, fans. So he did in England, and Italy, and in Spain. To be next to the scandal - the element of Mourinho.

Eva Carneiro is not just a team of the team, let it be as well -known as Chelsea. She is an example of a woman who has achieved great success in the “male” business, because in 99% of cases the chief physician of the football team is a man. Carneiro is a star, journalists like to talk about her, she is included in all ratings such as “ Top-10 women in football ”, and “Chelsea” thanks to her began to be associated with a team fighting against sexism. In any case, when the fans of other teams insult Carneiro, the club stands up for it - for example, the social campaign of “Women in Football”.

Why is this story important?

In the conflict, Mourinho and Carneiro intertwined a lot of things that are interesting to talk. First, how much should the team of the team act in the interests of the result of the match? Eva Carneiro is right: her main task is to monitor the health of football players. But is the coach really cannot control everything that is happening on the bench? Where is the limit of his coach? If you look at this problem wider, whether it can force the players to fulfill what they should not - simulate, for example, or play with an injury.

Secondly, simulations. Eden Azar is unlikely to simulate pain (he was not interested in this), but the problem of this does not become less sharp. It is known that many football players with unspoken resolution of coaches are lying on the lawn in attempts to pull time. Doctors in such episodes are similar to actors - they know that the player is simulating, but are forced to run to him, pretending to be concerned about his health. Carneiro conflict with Mourinho showed that doctors have their own point of view on football and it is also necessary to reckon with it.

Thirdly, Paul Carneiro. Would there be a scandal so big if the Chelsea doctor was a man? Is there no sexism in the actions of Mourinh? And is the whole scandal connected with the fact that Mourinho had long wanted to get rid of a woman-doctor? According to rumors, several players are uncomfortable in the locker room due to the fact that there is a woman in it-they cannot relax and behave as usual. If this is true, then how true are their claims in modern society?