The Goiás Chronicle
Match19 May 2027
Cup progress for Goiás
A 2‑1 win over Santa Cruz de Natal, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings24 May 2027
Esli García scores twice — 8.67
Two goals and a mark of 8.67 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Lucas Ribeiro goes up and wins it — 7.80
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.80 for the rest of it.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Hygor Souza beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match22 May 2027
Goiás make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Goiás have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad24 May 2027
A falling-out at Goiás
Diego Caito and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market24 May 2027
Ronaldo wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
The terraces24 May 2027
Goiás supporters have found a favourite in Guilherme Rangel
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 16-year-old it feels ownership of. Guilherme Rangel has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The dugout24 May 2027
Sassá 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.