Iba Ly

Defensive Midfielder - Juventude
6 Nov 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Iba Ly

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The Juventude Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Juventude are in real trouble now

Position 19, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

The dugout

Raí keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Juventude may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

4 matches without a win for Juventude

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

Squad

Lucca is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match

A bad afternoon for Juventude against Flamengo

0‑2 to Flamengo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

A falling-out at Juventude

Iba Ly and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

Alex Queiroz answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout

When it matters, Alan Kardec plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Looking ahead

Luiz Mandaca goes back to face Corinthians

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Luiz Mandaca’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Juventude needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

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The Juventude Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Jandrei keeps Juventude in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Juventude march on in the cup

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

Boardroom

Wictor Gabriel signs for Maringá while still at Juventude

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Wictor Gabriel has agreed terms with Maringá for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Player ratings

Luiz Mandaca beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

No hiding place for Alisson Safira

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

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Caíque

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Juventude come up short against Vitória

Vitória left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Pablo Roberto in the eights

A performance of 8.17 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Appearance number 100 for Rodrigo Sam

100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

In brief