It was a surprise: the day Florentino exposed himself. A delirium only explainable by the loss of touch with reality that, sooner or later, happens to all of us and which, in his case, has an impact due to who he is and the roles he has played: an all-powerful and untouchable businessman who has run Real Madrid as if it were his own home without his management being questioned. His latest performance can only be understood by unconsciousness, by a significant loss of faculties. Such an excessive outburst that revealed the worst he carries in his backpack: excessive sexism, blatant arrogance, and a clear loss of touch with reality. He, all by himself, has been left out of play. A feeling aggravated later, when he said he had only received congratulations.
In the frenzy of a chain of accusations and disqualifications, Florentino liquidated his authority: the image of the all-powerful was shattered. From now on, he will no longer be what he was. Even in the probable case that he wins elections called hastily and tailored so that no one dares to enter the game. He himself, with this exuberant loss of control, has placed himself on the way out. After this mess, if he remains president, it will be on a 'benefit of the doubt' basis, waiting for some credible replacement to emerge.
In any case, a world as visible and as opaque at the same time as football – with a lot of noise but also a lot of underground space – will have been the scene of an expressive spectacle of the human condition: the ease with which we all, starting with the most powerful, can lose touch with reality. Florentino, who could have ended with a glorious exit – with recognition from his own and respect from others – will inevitably enter a final phase, in which any setback will escalate.
Humans are like this: he who believes that everything is possible for him, that everything is permitted, and who gets indignant when someone wants to confront him, can end up trapped by his insolence. The end of a myth: that of the president who was above good and evil. And who, consequently, did not know when to step down.
