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18 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Neymar scores twice — 8.92

Two goals and a mark of 8.92 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Alex Nascimento keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Santos may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match28 Nov 2026

Palmeiras take the points off Santos

Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Match28 Nov 2026

Neymar among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Neymar on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Santos and Palmeiras.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Igor Vinicius

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igor Vinicius, and the manager let it.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

A promise honoured for Lucas Veríssimo

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Santos told Lucas Veríssimo something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Samuel Carvalho faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Samuel Carvalho after 3‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A smaller club would suit Gabriel Brazão now

He has had enough of the noise. Whether Santos can be a quieter place for him, or whether the only cure is a move somewhere the phone-ins are gentler, is a question for the next few months.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Santos

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

In brief

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13 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Oct 2026

8 saves: Gabriel Brazão was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Market26 Oct 2026

Diogenes 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 Santos can pretend not to have heard.

Match24 Oct 2026

Santos come up short against Botafogo

Botafogo left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Samuel Carvalho faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Samuel Carvalho after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Santiago Paiva gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Santos keep their word to Luan Peres

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Christian Oliva has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Santos will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Gabriel Menino was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 12. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market26 Oct 2026

The Igor Vinicius question follows Santos around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Igor Vinicius’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

9 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Age has not caught Neymar yet — 7.99

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.99 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Diogenes: 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.” Santos have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Santos

Gabriel Barbosa 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

The step up is real for Otávio

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Match26 Sep 2026

Santos find a way past Grêmio

Grêmio made Santos work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Igor Vinicius

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igor Vinicius, and the manager let it.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Samuel Carvalho: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑1, already talking about the next one.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Santos keep their word to Thaciano

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Looking ahead28 Sep 2026

A test against the best for Santos

The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Flamengo.

In brief

7 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match9 Sep 2026

Santos march on in the cup

Vitória are out and Santos go through, 4‑3 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match12 Sep 2026

Santos taken apart

0‑3 to Atlético Mineiro, 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.

Match9 Sep 2026

Santos refuse to lose, and Santiago Paiva leads them

The 2-goal deficit was real and so was the recovery. Santiago Paiva was at the centre of it, Vitória were at the end of it, and everybody who left early will hear about this one for years.

Market14 Sep 2026

Rony says no to Mansfield Town

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Rony had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Both of them Santiago Paiva's — 8.45

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.45, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Both of them Gabriel Bontempo's — 8.30

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.30, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market14 Sep 2026

Enzo Boer is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Santos is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Igor Vinicius stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Igor Vinicius and Santos agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match12 Sep 2026

Santos are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

In brief

6 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Thaciano says no to Mansfield Town

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Thaciano had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market7 Sep 2026

Santos turn down Gil Vicente for Moisés

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Santos to lose Jackson for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Jackson has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Pradella signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pradella commits to Santos for another 4 years.

Squad7 Sep 2026

9 new faces, and Santos are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Rodinei slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Rodinei is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Squad7 Sep 2026

João Schmidt named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. João Schmidt is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Thaciano has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Santos will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Igor Vinicius knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Igor Vinicius trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief