The Maracanã Sentinel
Market24 Apr 2028
Gabriel Feitosa asks to leave Maracanã
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market24 Apr 2028
Neto Sergipano has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Maracanã they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Thiago Alagoano in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Maracanã this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Filipe Trindade did the work nobody counts — 6.78
14 combined actions and 6.78. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Squad24 Apr 2028
A row about effort at Maracanã
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wallace was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom24 Apr 2028
The Maracanã debt reaches $8.8M
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Wallace is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Eduardo Tanque has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Maracanã will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Half-satisfied: Felipe Queiroz on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
In brief
- The dugout João Grando knocks on the manager's door
- Squad A Maracanã teenager takes the young player award
- Match Maracanã draw a blank against Maranhão