The Criciuma Gazette
The terraces5 Jun 2028
The mood at Criciuma has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A one-man rearguard from Aírton
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market5 Jun 2028
Luciano Castán 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 The request is on a desk at Criciuma, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match3 Jun 2028
The wait goes on for Criciuma
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.
Market5 Jun 2028
Eliel is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Criciuma is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Criciuma
Bruno Alves 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.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Nobody could get near Cristian Zabala
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Marcelo Hermes falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A place in the month's best eleven for Rodrigo Haruki
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Rodrigo Haruki has come out of that comparison in the side, and Criciuma have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
In brief
- Match No goals between Criciuma and America Mineiro
- Player ratings Gui Lobo spends the afternoon fouling