Pablo

Central Defender - Imishli
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Marked for Pablo

102 Edition

The Imishli Herald

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom10 Jul 2028

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Imishli

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Match10 Jul 2028

Every point is an argument now for Imishli

Position 11 and 18 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market10 Jul 2028

Diogo Rollo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Imishli, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad10 Jul 2028

A muscle injury and 16 days out for Pablo

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Imishli will quote 16 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad10 Jul 2028

Words exchanged at Imishli

Andrey Sinenko and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad10 Jul 2028

Words at Imishli training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diogo Almeida 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.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2028

Imishli rebuffed over Mateo Straffurini

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. São Luiz have kept their man, and Imishli go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout10 Jul 2028

When it matters, Juninho plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad10 Jul 2028

The formation has left Felipe behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Imishli will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

In brief

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The São Bernardo Herald

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match22 Jun 2027

São Bernardo strike at the death to beat Ferroviária

There were 87 minutes on the clock and Ferroviária had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and São Bernardo did not stop to explain themselves.

Market28 Jun 2027

Terms done: Nycollas is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Botafogo-SP waiting with a shirt. Nobody at São Bernardo is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2027

Gabriel Batista is a medical away from São Bernardo

The deal with Botafogo is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Market28 Jun 2027

Luizão moves on

Corinthians pay $7.8M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

The terraces28 Jun 2027

Supporters turn on the $7.8M sale of Luizão

He is going to Corinthians, the club has $7.8M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market28 Jun 2027

Pablo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what São Bernardo can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings28 Jun 2027

Up for the corner, and Rodrigo Andrade delivers — 7.84

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Rodrigo Andrade scored, was marked 7.84, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Words exchanged at São Bernardo

Pablo Dyego and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad28 Jun 2027

A row about effort at São Bernardo

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Railan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

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The São Bernardo Herald

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings3 May 2027

Nobody could get near Victor Andrade

Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout3 May 2027

Jair says São Bernardo went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad3 May 2027

32 days out for Hugo Sanches after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. São Bernardo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market3 May 2027

Pablo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at São Bernardo, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match1 May 2027

The run at home goes on for São Bernardo

12 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Match1 May 2027

The wait goes on for São Bernardo

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad3 May 2027

A falling-out at São Bernardo

Railan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match1 May 2027

Claudio Salto’s goal not enough for São Bernardo

Claudio Salto scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Chapecoense, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad3 May 2027

Words at São Bernardo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Augusto 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.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Júnior Urso gets it from the manager
  • Squad Alex Alves slips down the pecking order
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The São Bernardo Herald

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad1 Feb 2027

Tempers go at São Bernardo

Jair 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.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Railan 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.

The dugout1 Feb 2027

The manager makes an example of Pedrinho

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief