The Amazonas Gazette
Match1 May 2027
No end in sight to Amazonas's wait for a win
21 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Amazonas has to find a result from somewhere.
Match1 May 2027
Chastening afternoon for Amazonas
A 0‑3 beating by Itabaiana was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
The dugout3 May 2027
Luan Freitas keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Amazonas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad3 May 2027
A fracture rules Esteban Rengifo out for 45 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Amazonas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad3 May 2027
A falling-out at Amazonas
Luan Freitas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 May 2027
Words at Amazonas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bautista González 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.
Boardroom3 May 2027
Nobody left the Amazonas 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.
Player ratings3 May 2027
Nobody on the pitch touched Richard
7.82, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Amazonas had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
The dugout3 May 2027
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 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Daniel Mendes to a room that had heard them before.