Martha, my Dear

Brazil and Mexico, in a sunny afternoon at the Pacaembu Stadium, last sunday: recital

One of the funniest Beatles songs was Martha my Dear. Released in the White Album, 1968, it talks about some "Martha", "silly girl... look what you've done...".

"Silly" became the 25 thousand people at the Pacaembu Stadium this sunday, in the final match of the City of São Paulo International Tournament of Women's Football. "Silly" became the mexican girls, who opened the score but, in the final, suffered a classic 2 x 5 - three by Marta. Who was chosen, in the following day (and four-in-a-row, an unpublished fact in this award - Ronaldo and Zidane won it three times each), FIFA World Player of the Year. One of the characteristics of "post"-modernity on football is the obsession with the reproduction of the past, copy on copy, what often isn't so handsome. Sure, watching Marta today isn't like watching Pelé's boom - the circumstances are quite different. But it's worth it.

In one of the last verses of Martha my Dear, McCartney sings "Martha, my love / don't forget me...". She, sure, will never be forgot.

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