The Ituano Sentinel
Market18 Oct 2027
Guilherme Dal Pian asks to leave Ituano
“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.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
João Pantera signs for ASA while still at Ituano
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. João Pantera has agreed terms with ASA for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Ituano training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alason Carioca 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Ituano
Guilherme Xavier 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 dugout18 Oct 2027
No place for Matheus Mancini on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Ituano pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Rocha
“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.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
Wages swallow 106% of the Ituano income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Osman runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Ituano keep their word to Fernando Canesin
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
In brief
- The dugout Samuel Freitas on the point
- Match Ituano and Remo cancel each other out
- Market Alason Carioca linked with a move away