The América Mineiro Post
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A brace, and Gonzalo Mastriani takes the afternoon — 9.30
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Gonzalo Mastriani provided it, and the 9.30 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market14 Sep 2026
Heitor is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at América Mineiro is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Otávio has agreed to leave América Mineiro for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Match12 Sep 2026
América Mineiro get the job done against Amazonas
A 2‑0 win over Amazonas, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Héctor López 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Eduardo Person'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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Luiz Neves has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Luiz Neves on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at América Mineiro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alê 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 ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Héber
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Player of the week: Gonzalo Mastriani
- The dugout Héber has become a man the manager trusts
- Player ratings An afternoon Eduardo Person will want back