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Marked for Young

11 Edition

The Sport Recife Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom12 Oct 2026

Felipe Preis has agreed to leave Sport Recife for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad12 Oct 2026

The step up is real for João Costa

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Carlos Coronel 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Sport Recife

Sabino and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Sport Recife keep their word to Danielzinho

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Pablo Maia asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market12 Oct 2026

Young is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sport Recife has been clear about where Young stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Sabino gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Sabino is on it.

Market12 Oct 2026

The Pablo Maia story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pablo Maia signs something — a contract at Sport Recife or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Sport Recife Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match9 Sep 2026

Sport Recife through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Ceará, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market14 Sep 2026

Young says no to São João de Ver

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Young had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Gustavo Santana, 21, steals the show — 7.80

Marked 7.80 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market14 Sep 2026

Kano Pillars come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Sport Recife did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Carlos Coronel signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Carlos Coronel and Sport Recife agree another 4 years.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Juan Alano beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The terraces14 Sep 2026

The crowd has taken to Hugo Leonardo

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Wendell

“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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Sabino falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

6 Edition

The Sport Recife Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Sport Recife turn down Penafiel for Danielzinho

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market7 Sep 2026

Gustavo Santana turns Dila down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Danielzinho signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Danielzinho commits to Sport Recife for another 4 years.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Sabino 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.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Ryan Francisco

“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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Sabino slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Sabino is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at Sport Recife training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hugo Leonardo 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.

Market7 Sep 2026

The Marcos Antonio question follows Sport Recife around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Marcos Antonio’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Looking ahead7 Sep 2026

Artur faces his old club

Palmeiras next, and one man in the Sport Recife dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief