Osório

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Process

Marked for Osório

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The Sport Recife Courier

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Damián Bobadilla 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 The request is on a desk at Sport Recife, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout

Kayky Almeida says Sport Recife went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Nobody wants to play Sport Recife right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad

Tempers go at Sport Recife

Jonathan Calleri 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.

The dugout

Brenno 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.

Match

Nobody wins at Sport Recife

8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Match

Sport Recife get the job done against Cruzeiro

A 1‑0 win over Cruzeiro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Osório stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Osório and Sport Recife agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Matheus Pereira

7.76, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Sport Recife had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

In brief

  • Squad Sport Recife are still strangers to each other
  • Loan watch Luciano Jr counts the days
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
Back issues
52 Edition

The Caxias Chronicle

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Caxias — 7.41

1 for Jean Mangabeira, marked 7.41, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Boardroom

Caxias close the window on a squad of their own making

10 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets

Osório due for a Caxias medical

Everything agreed with Sport Recife, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

A row about effort at Caxias

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Calyson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Gabriel Ticianelli

Caxias asked and Ferroviária said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Tempers go at Caxias

Martín Pucheta 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.

Match

Luis Miguel the difference as Caxias beat Cascavel

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luis Miguel. 2‑0 against Cascavel, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Emerson Vagalume

“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.

Match

Caxias at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 8, 24 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

In brief

  • Player ratings Luis Miguel takes the honours
  • Squad Caxias are still strangers to each other
  • Squad Cléber wants out of the dugout