The Ceará Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Richard
There were 13 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Ceará out
Out, 0‑6 to Palmeiras, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Match22 Aug 2026
Ceará taken apart
0‑3 to Corinthians, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Dieguinho
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
A cup embarrassment at Palmeiras follows Ceará home
0-6. Going out of a cup is one afternoon; going out like that is a week of phone-ins, and the manager will hear every one of them.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Ceará's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ceará has to find a result from somewhere.
Match19 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Ceará and Palmeiras in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match22 Aug 2026
3 matches without a goal for Ceará
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Petros in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ceará this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Match No clean sheets in sight for Ceará
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Renzo López
- Boardroom Doors closed at Ceará