The Santa Cruz Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
Balotelli damages knee ligaments — 129 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 129 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A brace, and Quirino takes the afternoon — 8.60
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Quirino provided it, and the 8.60 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Eron
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Santa Cruz
Robinho 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Atletico Goianiense take the points off Santa Cruz
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Andrey 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.