Isac

Right Back - São Paulo
19 Feb 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Isac

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The São Paulo Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

São Paulo march on in the cup

Atletico Goianiense are out and São Paulo go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Boardroom

São Paulo to lose Orlando Neto for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Orlando Neto has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Market

Orlando Neto is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at São Paulo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Words exchanged at São Paulo

Domingos Duarte and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

A row about effort at São Paulo

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Victor Hugo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

One of their own: Isac

He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Davi Gabriel at his very best

Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at São Paulo.

The dugout

Marcelo Benevenuto is still paying for one afternoon at São Paulo

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Chrystian Barletta

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief