The Sport Recife Courier
Squad21 Jun 2027
Rafael breaks a bone — 58 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 58 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match19 Jun 2027
Sport Recife tear Cruzeiro apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Cruzeiro, and it could have been more.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Sorriso scores twice — 8.47
Two goals and a mark of 8.47 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market21 Jun 2027
Sport Recife turn down Criciuma for Carlos Coronel
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Vintage Luciano — 8.59
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.59, and nobody on the pitch better.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
Cédric Soares keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sport Recife may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market21 Jun 2027
Sport Recife spend $1.7M to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $1.7M has been paid because Lelê is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Market21 Jun 2027
Reydson hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sport Recife can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 Jun 2027
Luan moves on
Atlético Mineiro pay $2.3M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
In brief
- Squad Igor Felisberto is a better footballer than he was
- Squad Sabino falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Tempers go at Sport Recife