“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sampaio Correa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Léo Nannetti knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sampaio Correa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Júnior Todinho is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Cavi has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
The shirt still fits. Arthur Guimarães is back at Sampaio Correa, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Thiago Lima is back at Sampaio Correa, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Alex Sandre has let it be known that he does not like the way Sampaio Correa are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sampaio Correa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Lautaro Cardozo keeps the shirt for now, at Sampaio Correa's convenience rather than his own.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Lautaro Cardozo keeps the shirt for now, at Sampaio Correa's convenience rather than his own.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sampaio Correa can pretend not to have heard.
A new face in his position, and Jacsson suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Sampaio Correa have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ramiro Alderete plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
There were 8 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 18 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.