The Juventude Sentinel
Squad30 Nov 2026
Luisinho damages knee ligaments — 43 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 43 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
7 saves: Jandrei was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Juventude's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Juventude has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Juventude
Gabriel Taliari 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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Juventude cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Match28 Nov 2026
Sport Recife take the points off Juventude
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Rodrigo Sam 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.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Luiz Mandaca beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Marcelo Soares faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Marcelo Soares after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- Squad A ban for Luiz Mandaca
- The dugout Alan Kardec gets picked when it counts
- Market No place for Clébio in the plan