The Paysandu Gazette
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
A brace, and João Paulo takes the afternoon — 7.92
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. João Paulo provided it, and the 7.92 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Paysandu
JP Galvão 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Márcio Júnior falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match14 Aug 2027
Paysandu see off Ceará
Three points for Paysandu, 2‑0 the final word against Ceará in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Thayllon 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The team sheet said everything about Gabriel Mesquita
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Gabriel Mesquita.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Thayllon runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Edílson Júnior shuts the door
Defensive actions: 14, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market16 Aug 2027
Paysandu add cover with Jefferson
It is the least glamorous business a club does and the reason seasons do not collapse in February. Jefferson is here for the weeks when three men are injured and somebody still has to play.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Paysandu and Caio Mello
- Market The Jean Drosny story refuses to die