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La persecución que sufrió Neymar contra Serbia no pareció casual. Cuatro añosantes, en el Mundial de Rusia, también se habían cruzado, con el mismoresultado, 2-0. Aquel día Neymar los acribilló con una sucesión de ocasiones ypases peligrosos, y con una asistencia a Thiago Silva en el segundo gol. Enaquella ocasión, los serbios hicieron 11 faltas, tres menos que esta vez, perosobre todo escogieron las víctimas de manera distinta. Solo tres fueron aNeymar, las mismas que a Willian, mucho menos incisivo. Antes del jueves, elseleccionador serbio, Dragan Stojkovic, ya había dejado asomar su preocupaciónpor cómo desactivar el ataque de Brasil: “Necesitamos estar concentrados eintentar pararlos del modo correcto y de manera inteligente. Es posiblepararlos”. Después del partido, no creyó que sus jugadores hubieran sidodemasiado duros: “Han sido faltas normales, tarjetas amarillas normales. Unpartido muy justo y correcto, the fair play. Un partido limpio, y una victoriamerecida de Brasil”.

Pieter Jan Leusink will again be conducting concerts with the Bach Choir &Orchestra of the Netherlands from December. Susanne Streefkerk-Stoker,director of the Classical Concerts Netherlands Foundation (KCN), whichoperates the ensemble, announced this on Friday. NRC confirmed. Leusinksuspended his activities indefinitely in June, after the Human Rights Councilruled that he sexually intimidated two musicians between 2012 and 2016.

In June, the KCN foundation wrote in a press release that “final talks wereheld with a potential replacement for Mr. Leusink”. The replacement has notarrived. Instead, concertmaster Enrique Gómez-Cabrero Fernández has conductedsmall concerts. Leusink led the rehearsals of the choir and orchestra in thesummer.

Streefkerk-Stoker: “The return of Leusink is the express wish of allmusicians, employees and board members.” When asked whether the musicians, whodepend on the foundation for their income, dare to speak freely, she replies:“An anonymous employee survey will be conducted by an external researchagency.”

The marketing communications of all future concerts by the Bach Choir &Orchestra of the Netherlands – including full-page advertisements in nationalnewspapers – do not yet mention a conductor. According to Streefkerk-Stoker,Leusink only made the decision last week, after which the foundation firstinformed the ticket buyers. Streefkerk-Stoker: “There has been one negativepublic reaction to that. No musicians or employees have left after thisdecision.”

‘Stupid but not wrong’

In a broadcast of investigative TV program Brandpunt+ in 2018, four womenaccused Leusink of mentally and physically transgressing behaviour. Leusinkwould have asked female musicians, among other things, to stay at his houseand advised women “to masturbate to overcome inner blockages.”

The Institute for Human Rights, independently of the TV broadcast, focused onthe accusations of two anonymous female musicians and in June this year agreedwith them: in the opinion of the Institute, the conductor had sexuallyintimidated the women. The Board had considered the case against the KCNfoundation because of the right to a safe working environment.

Streefkerk-Stoker: “Leusink was not summoned by the Board at the time and nocharges were ever filed against him.” According to her, he “had an affair withtwo musicians. That was stupid, he shouldn’t have done that. But it wasn’twrong.” In a statement, the foundation further writes: “Pieter Jan Leusinkrealizes that times and social views have changed and that it was very unwiseto enter into a relationship.”

Leusink will conduct in public for the first time on 9 December. The concertsfor this, including in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, are conducted byFernández. The choir and orchestra will play a total of 29 Christmas concerts,of which Streefkerk-Stoker does not yet know how many concerts will be led byLeusink. Leusink will do all planned concerts next year, including Bachs_Matthew Passion_ , conducting. It was already certain that Leusink’s partner,soprano Olga Zinovieva, would sing along in the concerts.

Kris Wu, the Chinese-Canadian music and acting star, was sentenced to a13-year jail term by a Chinese court on Friday. He was found guilty of rapeand group licensing. The court said that he will be deported after serving hissentence, according to state-controlled media.

Wu (full name Wu Yifan) was arrested and formally charged in August last year.His case was heard in June in a case without media access.

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Allegations against Wu were made in July 2021 by Du Meizhu, 18, a beautyindustry influencer. The woman used social media to accuse the musician andactor of date-raping her while she was 17 and at a time when she was drunk. Dulater also accused him of doing the same to other young women, including twominors. (China’s age of consent is 14.)

Wu denied the charges at the time and police initially appeared to side withthe star. But two weeks later the Chaoyang District People’s Procurator inBeijing issued an official statement saying that it had approved Wu’s judgment“after investigation in accordance with the law.”

A statement by the court following sentencing said that Wu forced three womento have sex with him in 2020, while they were under the influence of alcohol.And in 2018, he had arranged lewd activities at his home with two women, againwith alcohol involved. The same statement said that officials from theCanadian embassy had been present for the sentencing.

In China, the crime of rape normally incurs a sentence of between three andten years in prison, though in particularly egregious cases the sentence canrun to life imprisonment or even the death penalty. Group licentiousness,defined as sex involving three or more participants over the age of 16,carries a jail sentence of up to five years.

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Media reports at the time of the trial in June suggested that Wu risked a jailterm of three to ten years. The 13-year sentence is longer than that and maypoint to aggravating factors or a decision by the court to make an example ofa celebrity.

Separately, on Friday, Wu was fined RMB600 million (approx. $83 million) fortax evasion by the Beijing Municipal Tax Service of the State TaxationAdministration, state media reported.

The June rape hearing was held behind closed doors, apparently to protect thevictim’s identity. It also served to keep fans and press attention at bay forthe trial of one of the country’s biggest celebrities.

Wu was born in China, but has Canadian nationality. He rose to fame as part ofthe Chinese-language offshoot of Korean boyband EXO, before focusing on hiscareer in China. The rapper became a TV fixture as a judge and mentor on showsincluding “The Rap of China” and had a personal following of over 50 millionon social media platform Sina Weibo.

In 2018 he signed an exclusive distribution deal with Universal Music. At thetime, Universal Music Group Greater China chairman Sunny Chang praised Wu, oneof the first Chinese artists to reach No. 1 on the US iTunes Chart, as a“genuine musical talent.”

Previously represented by UTA and CAA, Wu has appeared in Hollywood filmsincluding “XXX: Return of Xander Cage” and “Valerian and the City of aThousand Planets,” as well as Chinese films such as Guan Hu’s “Mr. Six” and2016 fantasy “LORD Legend of Ravaging Dynasties” and its 2020 sequel.

While a number of fans have continued to protest Wu’s innocence, the 2021charging was enough to bring to an end the career of one of China’s mostrecognizable and ubiquitous celebrities. Having appeared on billboards andmagazine covers, Wu was quickly canceled by more than a dozen of the brands hehad endorsed.

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Naomi Biden is offering a glimpse into her White House wedding preparations.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden’s granddaughter, 28, shared some images ofher Nov. 18 rehearsal dinner, which showed her wearing an elegant whitepantsuit teamed with a veil as she prepared to marry now-husband Peter Neal.

Naomi is also pictured swapping out her white blazer for a dramatic flowingveil cape and enjoying a romantic night-time walk with Neal through WashingtonDC.

Another Instagram post shared by her wedding planner, Bryan Rafanelli, offersa closer glimpse at the details from the Nov. 19 nuptials, which took place onthe White House’s South Lawn in the presence of 250 friends and familymembers.

“Naomi and Peter, thank you for entrusting me with your wedding,” Rafanelliwrote on Instagram Thursday. “Thank you for your openness to ideas, infectiousspirit, and allowing me to witness the love that you have for each other andyour families. It was a privilege.”

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Footage shared by Rafanelli shows Naomi’s long-sleeved Chantilly lace RalphLauren wedding gown, the guests’ table settings, and the couple’s seven-tieredwedding cake.

Elsewhere in the video montage, Naomi can be seen walking down the aisle, asNeal says, “Oh my God,” before the couple exchanges their first kiss as amarried couple with the Washington Monument visible in the distance.

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Naomi is the first granddaughter of a president to wed at the White House,with her and Neal’s ceremony marking the 19th wedding held at 1600Pennsylvania Avenue since 1800.

The DC-based attorney recently spoke to Vogue about the ceremony.

“We’re so close to our families, so we always knew we’d get married insomeone’s backyard,” Naomi told the publication in a cover story documentingher big day. “I think if my pop weren’t president, it would probably be theirhouse in Wilmington or Peter’s family’s backyard in Jackson [Wyoming].”

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Naomi’s parents Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle walked the bride down theaisle to a string quartet playing “Bitter Sweet Symphony” by British indieband The Verve.

The bride was then escorted by her husband, who also wore Ralph Lauren, to aluncheon in the State Dining Room.

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That was followed by an evening black-tie reception, with Naomi changing intoa strapless, cream-colored Reem Acra dress featuring her grandmother RobertaBuhle’s pearls sewn into the train.

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As Naomi explained to Vogue , the couple lived at the White House for a fewmonths during their wedding planning with Rafanelli. While Naomi told themagazine her husband-to-be was “obsessed with all the details,” she was ableto go into the approach without much stress, thanks to some words of wisdomfrom her grandmother, first lady Dr. Jill Biden.

“She has really stressed to me that every time I get anxious about weddingstuff to take a breath and remember that it’s just a day about Peter and meand being around the people we love,” Naomi told Vogue or her grandmother.”She’s taught me so much about being independent and self-sufficient. But thatdoesn’t mean you can’t also be a selfless and fiercely loyal partner.”

Kanye ‘Ye’ West continued on his path of complete self-destruction Thursdaynight, releasing a string of videos including a two-minute campaign promodissing Donald Trump.

The rapper, 45, announced last week that he plans to run for president againin 2024.

“The thing that Trump was most perturbed about [is] me asking him to be myvice president,” Kanye said in one of the videos published on his recently-unlocked Twitter account on Thanksgiving night. “I think that was, like, loweron the list of things that caught him off guard.”

“It was the fact that I walked in with intelligence,” he says.

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Even after the video was posted, Kanye ‘ s adviser took aim at Trump in nouncertain terms. Of the videos and Ye’s relationship with Trump at present,Milo Yiannopoulos told The Daily Beast: “As a connoisseur and an intimate ofseveral mercurial billionaires, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least to findthem laughing about it in the near future. Assuming Mr. Trump isn’t toowounded, of course.”

Though, he continued: “Trumpworld is in crisis tonight.”

“In my personal view, the former president has only himself to blame. This isan overdue reckoning. President Trump has neglected and betrayed everyone wholoved him most, from the canceled personalities who helped him into office tohis abused supporters on January 6. He might like to reflect on whether hecould have done more to acknowledge and support his most loyal fans over theyears,” the far-right provocateur said. “Habitual, callous ingratitude has away of catching up with you.”

The campaign teaser is titled “Mar-a-Lago debrief” and comes just two daysafter West and noted white supremacist Nicholas Fuentes were spotted outsidethe former president’s Florida golf club on Tuesday.

As the video continues, the rapper, who was dropped by Adidas last month afteran unrelenting stream of anti-Semitic comments, goes on to praise Fuentes.

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“Nick Fuentes, unlike so many of the lawyers and some of the people [Trump]was left with on his 2020 campaign, he’s actually a loyalist,” West said inthe clip. “When all the lawyers said, ‘forget it, Trump’s done,’ there wereloyalists running up in the White House, right? And my question would be,’Why, when you had the chance, did you not free the January 6ers?’”

As he speaks about counseling Trump to “go and get these people that the mediatried to cancel,” the video flashes photos of former Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski, Trump ally Roger Stone, and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones,who has been ordered to pay over $1 billion to the families of the Sandy Hookvictims for lying about their children’s deaths.

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The disgraced shoe designer and musician said Trump dismissed his presidentialaspirations with a “would-be mob-esque” story in which he claimed that hegranted clemency to former federal prisoner Alice Johnson for West. West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian had campaigned heavily for Trump to pardon Johnson.

In the same video, Kanye reveals that Trump insulted Kardashian, though theinsult itself has bleeped. Trump allegedly told Kanye, “you can tell her Isaid that.”

“I was thinking, like, that’s the mother of my children,” West said.

The mention of Kardashian comes as West faces an internal investigation fromAdidas – which carried his Yeezy shoe brand from 2013 until last month – intoallegations that he harassed his former employees. In an anonymous letterobtained by Rollingstone this week, several ex-employees claimed that Westbelittled them and harassed them by showing them pornography, includinggraphic images of Kardashian herself.

In the bizarre campaign announcement video, West said that Trump wasn’t toohappy with his plans for higher office.

“When Trump started basically screaming at the table telling me I was gonnalose, I mean, has that ever worked for anyone in history? I’m like, ‘wait,hold on Trump, you’re talking to Ye,’” the Grammy winner said.

The video ends with the intro to his 2016 song “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt.1,” and a title card reading “YE24.”

Of the two other videos posted Thursday night, one is made up of news clipsabout Adidas dropping West, while another one mostly features a monologue byFox News host Tucker Carlson in support of West.

A Trump spokesperson didn’t immediately return The Daily Beast’s request forcomment on West’s claims Thursday night.

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A very timed film about a bunch of journalists, the second (and much betterthan the first) film adaptation of a classic Italian children’s book, a biopicabout Emiliy Brontë, two Dutch titles and another lost Disney adventure. Takeyour pick!

She Said

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan play Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, the two NewYork Times journalists who co-published one of the most important stories of ageneration. A story that broke a decades-long silence about sexual abuse inHollywood and changed American culture forever. She Said is a testimony tothe impact of investigative journalism. The film follows journalists andeditors who want to get the truth out at all costs, but also highlights thecourage of victims and witnesses who tell their story to stop a perpetrator ofstructural abuse. The dedication and determination of these people has sparkedconversation across the country, helped fuel the rise of the #MeToomovementand has ensured that the system that perpetuated this abuse was dealt with.

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Emily

Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) doesn’t fit into the straitjacket imposed on her byher family and the Yorkshire bourgeoisie. She is a rebel and an outcast, ayoung woman trying to be herself. When she unexpectedly discovers love, thisnot only strengthens her passion, but also her urge for freedom. Encouraged byher brother Branwell (Fionn Whitehead), Emily chooses her own path and findsthe inspiration for a timeless masterpiece: Wuthering Heights.

Guillermo del Toro ‘s Pinocchio

Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro gives his take on CarloCollodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette magically brought to life tocomfort grieving woodcarver Gepetto. This quirky, stop-motion musical followsthe adventures of a mischievous and sometimes disobedient Pinocchio as hesearches for his place in the world.

The Menu

A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) leave for an island to eat at avery exclusive restaurant, where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has put together aphenomenal menu that contains some shocking surprises.

Jane by Charlotte

The French Charlotte Gainsbourg makes her debut in Jane by Charlotte_(Antichrist, Melancholia)_ as a director with a loving portrait of hermother, the iconic singer and actress Jane Birkin. The documentary offersinsights into the mother-daughter relationship between the two well-knownmovie stars through intimate conversations about aging, dying, insomnia,celebrity, and their various memories of their shared past, includingCharlotte’s father and Jane’s husband, Serge Gainsbourg.

Sputum

In the saliva-soaked Sputum world, a grim class struggle is underway. Theruling ancients depend on the saliva of the subjugated Bakelite to survive ona buzzing fungus. With lurid milking machines and an addictive powder, theirFamly enforces a status quo. Only when the Bakelite rebellion led by JiminBlyth receives help from the aristocratic Ancient scientist Kalta Crux doesthe story take a new turn.

The Estate

When they hear that their wealthy aunt has not long to live, two sistersdecide to strengthen family ties. However, they are not the only familymembers preying on the huge inheritance. In a hilarious battle, they try tobecome aunt’s favorite niece or nephew before it takes its last breath.

Strange World

Strange World introduces a legendary family of explorers: the Clade family.They try to find their way in an unknown, mysterious world where danger lurks.They are joined in this by a wayward blob, a three-legged dog and a whole hostof ravenous creatures.

Suni and Indian Silence

In this program we see a selection of courageous films by up-and-comingtalents, which make themes that are normally kept silent for discussion.

Look What You Made Me Do

When I told my mother that a boy had beaten me in the schoolyard, she said:’That’s because he likes you’.” With that text, in black letters on a brightred screen, this exposé on femicide opens. While Laura tells about her deed,the 112 call sounds and we hear the murder of her boyfriend in the freezingnight. Rosalba roasts meatballs, tells how she burned her husband in a barn inthe Italian field. Rachel is silent in the night. A woman, hidden in redshadow for safety, talks about her abusive husband. Laura, Rachel and Rosalbagive her advice. Never believe in a man’s remorse, warns Rosalba. Will the redwoman become the perpetrator? Is there another way out? Between stories, acleaner mops up the blood of a murdered woman. Every week he has a job or two.Laura, Rachel and Rosalba saw murder as the only solution, their act is hardon them.

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[BLOG] The Matthijs van Nieuwkerk riot has set the carousel in full motionagain. NPO boss Frans Klein on non-active ‘as long as the investigation intothe abuses is ongoing. But everyone feels that he is of course making the oldDutch plea through a back door. So someone new has to come. Preferably someonewho is comfortable and can hold meetings. And what name is buzzing around assuccessor to Ijzeren Frans? Right, Baantjer Junior. The son of the late PietRömer, Paul. But this isn’t the only name that seems to want to leave theTalpa ship before the fusion storm comes to a head.

You can’t blame either of them, both Römer and Stenders, for looking beyondtheir noses. The mistake many in the media make, including me in the past, isthat you’re fine where you’re sitting. Nice salary, nice colleagues. Until thetoko is suddenly sold, the FM frequencies are lost or that one manager wholiked you leaves himself. You are suddenly in a completely differentsituation. Stenders gradually realizes that his Veronica adventure under theTalpa flag has not turned out quite as he (and probably John de Mol) hadexpected. So he’s looking around again. Of course, this is not all such juicynews as André Hazes, who again wants nothing to do with his mother, so I’mjust reporting it here instead of Yvonne Coldeweijer. It’s not for nothingthat you come here on the media and broadcasting platform of the Netherlands!

Rob Standers Rob seems to have been in the race and in conversation to succeed Giel Beelenin the evening on NPO Radio 2, who will make a world trip in 2023. Didn’t gothrough. Knowing Rob, he has probably already thrown up some balls for anothertime on NPO Radio 2 or 5. Especially now that Radio Veronica is under themagnifying glass at the Radiocommunications Agency, due to the violation ofthe speech rules associated with the FM package. From the new distribution,Talpa Radio may only have three stations on FM instead of the current four.That Radio Veronica will be victimized therefore seems to be a matter of timeand then you better find your safe shelter at the Dutch Public Broadcasting.Sucks for the people he brought to Veronica in those short two years. Kudosfor trying it this way, but this format naturally belongs to the NPO.

Paul Romer The same scenario also applies to Talpa boss Paul Römer. He already feels themood that after the merger with RTL there is only room for one channel boss.Peter van der Vorst is of course much better off technically with his fourchannels than all Talpa worry children, so that calculation is easily made.Römer, who will be turning 60 in a few weeks, was once the boss at NTR. Inthat role, responsible for stopping Sesame Street. After the BOOS riot aboutThe Voice, he was quick to claim that there is no culture of fear at Talpa.Perfectly suited for the role of chief executive at the NPO. A source close tothe fire informed me that he has already been spotted at the public offices.Römer smells (and seizes) his chance because of the Matthijs riot. If thiscontinues, I think that many a broadcaster and media maker will long for thetime of Frans Klein. Because acting as a puppet for John de Mol for years isof course not going to leave you in the cold.

“Después de parar el penalti, ya en los vestidores, se acercó una figuramundial para felicitar a mi abuelo por su actuación y decirle: ‘Lo que vi enla cancha fue maravilloso y me gustaría darle un regalo. ¿Qué es lo que legustaría?’. Y mi abuelo contestó: ‘Que me cante una canción, señor CarlosGardel’. Y le canto El dia que me quieras ”, contó el nieto del arquero,aunque sin tener en cuenta la versión que, según historiadores argentinos,Paternoster le entregó el penal a Bonfiglio para no sacar ventaja de un errordel árbitro.

Idolo and Colombia

A su vez, según cuenta el hijo de Paternoster, Fernando Félix, hoy de 74 años,nacido en Colombia pero residente en Buenos Aires, su padre y Bonfiglio sereencontraron y se abrazaron muchos años después, en 1962. “En 1938, a miviejo lo llamaron del Gobierno colombiano para organizar el fútbol del país,que ni siquiera tenía liga. Estuvo en Bogotá en los primeros años de AtléticoMunicipal, que después se refundó como Millonarios. Más tarde pasó a Nacionalde Medellín y en 1954 lo sacó campeón colombiano por primera vez; and 1962llegó al Emelec de Ecuador. Una vez me contó que, en una gira por EstadosUnidos, jugó contra un equipo de México (Chivas de Guadalajara, en 1966) yBonfiglio, que trabajaba como periodista, se le acercó y le dijo ‘yo le atajéun penal en el Mundial del 30′. Se dieron un abrazo”, reconstruye el hijo delmayor cultor del juego limpio en los Mundiales.

Fernando Félix Paternoster no recuerda que su papá le haya revelado queejecutó ese penal sin intención goleadora, pero sí había antecedentes de esetipo de honestidad. Según publicó Macías en el libro Quien es quien en laselection “El capitán argentino, el arquero Guillermo Magistretti, le ordenóa Delgado que ejecutase desviado, deliberadamente, un penal a favor, ya queconsideró que la sanción del árbitro había sido desacertada”. Según agregóMacías, “todo el estadio aplaudió la actitud de Delgado, pero el árbitro seretiró ofendido al vestuario y ambos capitanes debieron convencerlo para queregresara”. Muchos años después, Delgado, ya retirado, asesinaría a su mujer ysería encarcelado en la carcel del fin del mundo, la de Tierra del Fuego.

En ese mismo Argentina 6-México 3 de Uruguay 1930, Ulises Saucedo cobraríaotros dos penales, ambos para México, uno convertido por Manuel Rosas y elotro atajado por Bosio ante el mismo ejecutante. “Mi viejo me enseñó a patearpenales cuando yo jugaba de delantero en las inferiores de Atlanta. Me decía’tené en cuenta esta posición’, ‘de esta forma el arquero no sabe donde vas apatear’ y esas cosas”, recuerda Paternoster hijo, en días en que Argentinanecesita ganarle a México en el estadio Lusail como sea, también con un gol depenal, bien o mal sancionado, y donde nadie piensa en retomar el espíritujusticiero de Paternoster.

Hay sentimientos partidos completamente partidos por la mitad porque en lafamilia Funes Mori hinchan por dos selecciones distintas. Ramiro, quien fueradefensa en el Everton y del Villarreal, jugó por Argentina la Copa América2016 convocado por Tata Martino, actual seleccionador del Tri, y algunosencuentros de la eliminatoria. No fue convocado para el Mundial de 2018 nipara este. Rogelio, en cambio, jugó en los equipos juveniles de la selecciónargentina sub 18 (2009), disputó el torneo Sudamericano sub 20 (2011) y unamistoso contra Brasil (2012) tras ser llamado por Alejandro Sabella. A partirde ese año se perdió en el radar argentino.

El Funes Mori goleador dio un salto al Benfica donde le intentaron pulir, perono pudo brillar en el primer equipo y luego tuvo que ser cedido a la Ligaturca con el Eskişehirspor. En 2015, una llamada a su agente fue el plottwist de su vida: el club mexicano Monterrey le quería fichar. 139 golesdespués, se convirtió en el máximo goleador de los Rayados, ganó una Liga ydos Copas. Sus ocho temporadas le hacían candidato siempre a que la selecciónmexicana le pidiera hacer el cambio de federación ante la FIFA. “Les quierocompartir con huge orgullo que ya soy mexicano. Siento amor, respeto yagradecimiento por este gran país y por su gente”, contó en junio de 2021cuando recibió sus papeles.

RogelioFunes Mori durante un clásico entre River y Boca, en 2013.Gabriel Rossi (LatinContent via Getty Images)

El rosarino Tata Martino convenció a los dirigentes de la Federación Mexicanapara que le ayudaran a agilizar el proceso de Funes Mori. En los 16 partidosjugados ha anotado cinco veces. Su convocatoria a la selección saltó chispasen México debido a que el seleccionador le cerró la puerta al máximo anotadordel Tri, Chicharito Hernández, debido a una serie de indisciplinas querompieron el vestidor. El tandem Martino-Funes Mori amenaza a una Argentina enapuros.

A lo largo de la historia, México ha reforzado su selección con futbolistasargentinos. El primero en hacerlo fue Carlos Lara, quien cambió de colores enel camino al Mundial de Chile 1962, pero una lesión le apartó de la listafinal. 40 años más tarde, el Tri volvería a fijarse en otro argentino. Ese fueGabriel Caballero, quien debutó en Central Córdoba y fue fichado por SantosLaguna en los 90. “Llegué a México en el 95. Realicé el trámite denaturalización en el 2000 y fue en 2020 cuando me llamaron a la selección”,cuenta Caballero a EL PAÍS. Fue Javier Aguirre, su antiguo entrenador enPachuca, quien le llamó. “Hubo un sector del periodismo que estaba en contra,otra que no, pero los aficionados siempre nos apoyó. Llevo 30 años viviendo enMéxico y todavía siento el honor de representar al país”, agrega.

Caballero, un centrocampista de época, jugó el Mundial de 2002 y en total jugóocho partidos, aunque no fue convocado más. “Me considero un jugador ganador,quiza no extraordinario. No hay quien haya ganado más títulos que yo en estepaís [seis Ligas, dos títulos de la Concacaf y una Sudamericana]. Javiersiempre me dijo que era el mejor centro del fútbol mexicano. Me pedía hacer lomismo que hice en Santos y en Pachuca. Me dijo: ‘No quiero que lo veas queeres el salvador de la selección, no quiero que vayas y hagas el gol, pon tugranito de arena y nada más’. Y así fue.

In the creative world, a performance at the table at Matthijs van Nieuwkerkhas long been regarded as the holy grail, as a super shortcut to fame andguaranteed success. Such a performance led to bestsellers, box office hits andsold-out venues. Publishers and publicity staff therefore begged for a placeat the table for their new stars.

Sanne Bloemink is a writer and journalist.

The problem was that you really only came to the table if you already had thatbestseller, blockbuster or sold-out house. Micha Wertheim wrote a nice articleabout it two years ago The Correspondent. It’s a bit like the exclusivenightclub where you only get in if you’re already a member, but at the sametime you can only join when you’re already in. A catch 22.

How do you get that first foot in the door? The answer is usually:connections. Once in and famous yourself you then spin along in a carousel ofother famous people and that’s exactly what you saw happen for years in Theworld goes on , and still on other talk shows. It’s also exactly why they’reso uninteresting. You will be served the same Dutch prak every evening.

Yet many people remain fascinated by programs in which Dutch celebrities playgames with each other, dance with each other, sing songs, praise each otheror, conversely, criticize each other. Famous people have a golden glow, theglow of the one very special person that one brilliant mind that one_great character_. And all those unique individuals live together ontelevision (and on social media), in a separate, separate world.

You can shrug your shoulders about it and try to stand above it, but in themeantime that is difficult if you hope for your own bestseller or sold-outaudience. If you think you have something to say to the world, don’t just tellyour diary. That’s why writers, actors, theater makers and many, many otherskept rushing to DWDD for years only to be called off at the last minute for amore important riot of the day.

bully boss

Almost everyone who wants to gain fame participates in this system. And anyonewho enjoys watching famous people too. At the same time, these are exactly thecircumstances in which a culture of fear around a bully boss can thrive. It’sthe myth of the lone genius who is raised on the shield and worshipedeverywhere. Matthijs was brilliant, Matthijs took care of ratings, Matthijscould launch careers. Nobody raised their hand to explain that a program likeDWDD is of course not made by one person, but by a group. People preferred tobelieve the fairy tale of the individual genius, even though that fairy talehad a price.

The story of the individual genius, however, is a myth and not a necessity. Infact, this fairy tale is harmful to society as a whole. Music producer BrianEno once coined the term ‘scenius’: Scenius stands for the intelligence andthe intuition of a whole cultural scene. It is the communal form of theconcept of the genius.” Of course, the role of the presenter is important fora show, but a presenter cannot do without editors, employees and audience. Ina culture of individual personality cults in combination with cut-throatcompetition for ratings, however, this insight is slowly fading into thebackground. The glorified child prodigy is getting more and more space and noone dares to contradict him.

The public discussion now focuses on the question of who is responsible:’Employees should have reported the behavior to confidential advisersearlier’. ‘Such behavior is simply part of ‘top sport’ and a ‘high bar’. “Theboss should have intervened.” Van Nieuwkerk should have been protected againsthimself.

The same comments are made in response to the behavior of former ChamberPresident Khadija Arib, astronomy professor Tim de Zeeuw and publisher MaiSpijkers. The discussion is always about the guilt and responsibility ofindividuals, but not or hardly about the group. How does such a culture arise?And why are we hearing about it more and more?

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Sick working atmosphere

Unfortunately, toxic work environments are common. A quarter of the Dutch aresometimes bullied at work. (Management) books have been written about the wayin which unsafe work situations arise. For example, an extremely unequalbalance of power is an important ingredient that can promote the emergence ofsuch a sick working atmosphere.

However, I think the problem goes even deeper. It starts at a young age, in aschool system that is set up around individual achievement, based onefficiency thinking, without a vision of living together and withoutcollective community goals. Children learn from a very young age that theymust perform and excel within a narrow definition of success. And above all:on an individual basis and not as a group.

A child who is bored in class needs ‘more challenge’. That challengeapparently does not lie in helping someone else or simply in having thecourtesy to wait for someone else. And that while the greatest challenges ofour time cry out for more collaboration and more working as a group. That isnot easy, but it is necessary. Just look at the sad results of the lastclimate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh and you will understand that the onebrilliant Nobel Prize winner is not going to save us.

A group of exceptionally creative people can sustain a reign of terror

Fortunately, there are also hopeful signs. Organizational expert Eric Koenendescribes in his book Smart together (2021), for example, how he sees thatindividual cleverness in organizations is no longer enough to solve complexissues. More and more leaders are therefore trying to tap into collectiveintelligence in their teams. Because a number of individually smart people cantogether form a very stupid team. Just as a group of exceptionally creativepeople can maintain a reign of terror together.

Another encouraging sign is that the stories are now coming out. The behaviorof that genius, shouting boss is apparently no longer unquestioninglyaccepted. Fortunately, the bullies are finally being held accountable.

Hopefully this means a switch from genius to scenius. That would really be anightclub I want to go to.