The Nautico Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Muriel
There were 17 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.
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put Nautico out
Out, 1‑4 to Bragantino, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A cup embarrassment at Bragantino follows Nautico home
1-4. 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Reginaldo Lopes yet — 7.85
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.85 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Nautico — 7.74
1 for Auremir, marked 7.74, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Mateus Silva delivers — 7.63
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Mateus Silva scored, was marked 7.63, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Cássio Acosta due for a Nautico medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Juninho scored one and made one — 7.67
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.67, and 2 involvements.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Muriel 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 Nautico this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.