The Londrina Chronicle
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Otávio, 33, rolls back the years — 7.99
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.99 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Billal Brahimi was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at Londrina
Paulinho Moccelin 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
Otávio the difference as Londrina beat Brusque
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Otávio. 1‑0 against Brusque, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Billal Brahimi
7 goals and a season average of 7.31 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Yago Lincoln
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
11 goals on loan for Fabiano
21 appearances at Operário-MS and the goals keep coming. Londrina are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words at Londrina training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fredi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
The form table has caught Kozlinski
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
In brief
- The dugout A satisfied Arthur Soares
- The dugout Billal Brahimi gets picked when it counts
- Market The Iago Teles story refuses to die