The São Paulo Sentinel
Match26 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for São Paulo
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market28 Sep 2026
Luciano puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at São Paulo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Isac is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at São Paulo
Fábio Matheus 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.
Looking ahead28 Sep 2026
The neighbours are next for São Paulo
Nothing about the week ahead is ordinary. Corinthians on Saturday, a town that has already started talking about it, and a dressing room that does not need telling what it means.
Squad28 Sep 2026
São Paulo count the cost of losing Dedé
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at São Paulo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Newton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Marlon Douglas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marlon Douglas, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
the manager: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- The dugout Max Alves dropped after a run of poor form
- The dugout A promise honoured at São Paulo
- Player ratings Yago Felipe beats them one at a time