Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Juazeirense will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Juazeirense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Alessandro Scheppa scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Penedense, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Juazeirense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Douglas Souza 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.
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juazeirense, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Juazeirense know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
22 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Juazeirense scored in the 93th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
João Grilo 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.
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alex Rodrigues has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sérgio Martins has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Juazeirense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Juazeirense and Jequié, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Derlis Ortiz. 4‑2 against Jequié, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Derlis Ortiz was on a different afternoon to everybody else
9.38. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Juazeirense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. João Vitor 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.
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Juazeirense know which stage they are at.