Paulinho

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Marked for Paulinho

95 Edition

The Sport Recife Courier

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad22 May 2028

Bruno Nogueira damages knee ligaments — 21 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 21 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad22 May 2028

João Pedro is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with João Pedro: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match17 May 2028

Victor Sá sends Sport Recife through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Victor Sá obliged against Ceará. 1‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Sport Recife.

Player ratings22 May 2028

Lucas Moura, 35, rolls back the years — 8.01

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.01 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad22 May 2028

Jonathan Calleri in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sport Recife this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad22 May 2028

No hiding place for Robert Arboleda

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robert Arboleda, and the manager let it.

Player ratings22 May 2028

Paulinho runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match20 May 2028

Sport Recife and Atlético Mineiro take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Loan watch22 May 2028

The goals keep arriving from Ryan Francisco’s exile

8 goals in 15 games at Colo-Colo — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Sport Recife updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

In brief

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41 Edition

The Sport Recife Courier

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings10 May 2027

A brace, and Robert Arboleda takes the afternoon — 8.01

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Robert Arboleda provided it, and the 8.01 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings10 May 2027

Ferreirinha runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match8 May 2027

4 matches without a win for Sport Recife

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Sport Recife are no longer polite ones.

Match8 May 2027

Robert Arboleda among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Robert Arboleda on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Sport Recife and Mirassol.

Match8 May 2027

Robert Arboleda’s goal not enough for Sport Recife

Robert Arboleda scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑4 to Mirassol, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad10 May 2027

Robert Arboleda 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.

Squad10 May 2027

Paulinho signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Paulinho commits to Sport Recife for another 5 years.

Loan watch10 May 2027

Gustavo Miranda has seen enough of Flamengo

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sport Recife, and 1 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad10 May 2027

The manager has not finished forgetting Sabino's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief

40 Edition

The Sport Recife Courier

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 May 2027

A one-man rearguard from Rafael

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad3 May 2027

Words at Sport Recife training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Moura 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.

Player ratings3 May 2027

Ryan Francisco runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match1 May 2027

Sport Recife come up short against Botafogo

Botafogo left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad3 May 2027

Tempers go at Sport Recife

Leandro Monzón 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.

Squad3 May 2027

Paulinho stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Paulinho and Sport Recife agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch3 May 2027

Matheus Menezes counts the days

“I watch every Sport Recife game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at São Paulo runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Market3 May 2027

Victor Sá is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sport Recife has been clear about where Victor Sá stands, which is more than many ever get.

Player ratings3 May 2027

Off the pace: Sabino

A mark of 5.04 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

26 Edition

The Sport Recife Courier

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad25 Jan 2027

Victor Sá breaks a bone — 18 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Robert Arboleda 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.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Gonzalo Tapia in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sport Recife this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief