The Sport Recife Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Rafael is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Rafael: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Luan
Defensive actions: 39. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Match12 Aug 2026
Sport Recife march on in the cup
Ceará are out and Sport Recife go through, 0‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Dória shuts the door
Defensive actions: 33, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Pablo Maia
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 33 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Victor Sá
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Sport Recife
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Sport Recife are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jonathan Calleri 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 Sport Recife this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Artur 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.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Sport Recife against Juventude
- Squad “I want to play”: Gustavo Santana speaks
- Market Mateus Manso placed on the list