The Oeste Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Juninho runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match8 Aug 2026
Lucas Alvim settles it late for Oeste
The 85th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Lucas Alvim decided nobody was going anywhere. Parana had no time left to answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sérgio Raphael stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sérgio Raphael and Oeste agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Oeste
Sérgio Raphael 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 terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Caio Garcez
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sérgio Raphael 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Oeste see off Parana
Three points for Oeste, 1‑0 the final word against Parana in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Lucas Alvim stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.64 on the card, and the Oeste support went home talking about one name.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Cadu in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Cadu has his answer from Oeste; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Oeste and Lucas Alvim are talking past each other
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Diego Aragão
- Player ratings Caio Garcez changes it off the bench