Marked for Dida
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Gabriel Mesquita
14 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Paysandu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Paysandu
JP Galvão and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Paysandu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Márcio Júnior is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Dida
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dida, and the manager let it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Gabriel Mesquita has written the date down.
Market16 Nov 2026
The shop window has Édson Magal in it
Paysandu have let the market know Édson Magal can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
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The dugout
The manager comes out for Pablo
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Squad
Juan Bobba back in training
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
43 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Paysandu lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Diego Renan: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Paysandu have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Paysandu
JP Galvão and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Paysandu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristian Sención was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Dida
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dida, and the manager let it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Denzel knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Paysandu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
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Squad
The penny has dropped for Diego Renan
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The dugout
The manager plants his flag on Pablo
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Gabriel Mesquita
50 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Paysandu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Márcio Júnior was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
JP Galvão falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Paysandu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Paysandu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and JP Galvão was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Dida
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dida, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A season on the outside for Juan Bobba
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Paysandu has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Paysandu. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market21 Sep 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Léo may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
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Squad
The penny has dropped for Léo
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The dugout
Pablo keeps his manager's vote
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Thayllon runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Paysandu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and JP Galvão was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match12 Sep 2026
Three points for Paysandu, 2‑0 the final word against Oeste in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market14 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rodrigo Rocha has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market14 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vinícius Moreira has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 8.19 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Paulo Filho, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Levi out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Levi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.