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The Criciuma Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Nov 2026

Rómulo Otero breaks a bone — 26 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Criciuma

Titi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad16 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Criciuma

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aírton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Bruno Alves

“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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

“I want to play”: Lira speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

César Martins has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and César Martins has written the date down.

In brief

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The Criciuma Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Oct 2026

Rómulo Otero breaks a bone — 57 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 57 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market19 Oct 2026

Criciuma may not be able to give Aírton what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Aírton wants continental football; whether Criciuma can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Criciuma training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aírton 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Criciuma

Jean Irmer 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.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

César Martins 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 dugout19 Oct 2026

Rodrigo 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 Rodrigo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief