The Ceará Chronicle
Match12 Aug 2026
Lucca sends Ceará through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Lucca obliged against Sport Recife. 2‑2 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Ceará.
Match15 Aug 2026
A hiding for Ceará
Beaten 0‑4 by Flamengo, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Matheus Nogueira is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Matheus Nogueira: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Fernando
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Ceará
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Ceará are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ceará
Vinicius Zanocelo 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.
Match12 Aug 2026
Ceará refuse to lose to Sport Recife
A point taken on 93 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Ceará dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑4 defeat, delivered by Wesley Lima to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Ceará
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Matheus Nogueira
- The dugout Fernando dropped after a run of poor form