The Criciúma Gazette
Market13 Mar 2028
Hiago Alves asks to leave Criciúma
“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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Braian Cufré frozen out at Criciúma
This is not rotation. Braian Cufré has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Criciúma is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom13 Mar 2028
Criciúma to lose Lucas Bugs for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Lucas Bugs has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at Criciúma
Marcelo Hermes 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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Fellipe Mateus
“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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Aírton has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Criciúma 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Rómulo Otero 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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Bruno Alves asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market13 Mar 2028
The Aírton question follows Criciúma around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Aírton’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Squad Celías Ingenthron has seen what the next man earns
- Squad Bidu: “I am not a substitute”
- Market The clock does Fellipe Mateus’s negotiating for him