The Juventude Sentinel
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Juventude
0‑1 against Bahia, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 34 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Jandrei
There were 6 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Juventude
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Juventude are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Gabriel Taliari 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 Juventude this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Juventude training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diogo Barbosa 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Manuel Castro
“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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Pablo Roberto
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match15 Aug 2026
Juventude share the spoils with Sport Recife
A 1‑1 draw with Sport Recife leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Player ratings Fábio Lima never got going
- Player ratings An afternoon Alan Kardec will want back
- Player ratings Off the pace: Manuel Castro