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205 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

1 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad1 Jul 2030

The knee: Mateus Anderson out for 18 days

18 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Juventude lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market1 Jul 2030

Marcos Paulo is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Juventude is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market1 Jul 2030

Terms done: Kaio is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Al Dhafra waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Juventude is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market1 Jul 2030

Guilherme Costa 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 The request is on a desk at Juventude, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets1 Jul 2030

Juventude rebuffed over Lucca Prior

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Fortaleza have kept their man, and Juventude go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Boardroom1 Jul 2030

Alan Galeano signs for Mirassol while still at Juventude

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Alan Galeano has agreed terms with Mirassol for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad1 Jul 2030

Words exchanged at Juventude

Marcos Paulo 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.

Squad1 Jul 2030

A row about effort at Juventude

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

Market1 Jul 2030

Bruno Lopes attracts admirers

The name of Bruno Lopes has come up in conversations Juventude were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

In brief

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198 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

13 May 2030
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad13 May 2030

The knee: Mateus Anderson out for 71 days

71 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Juventude lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings13 May 2030

Nobody could get near Jefté

Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings13 May 2030

Both of them Marcos Paulo's — 8.88

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.88, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings13 May 2030

Lucas Mineiro, 34, rolls back the years — 8.24

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.24 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market13 May 2030

Thiaguinho is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Juventude is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match11 May 2030

Juventude cannot stop winning

4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market13 May 2030

Assis asks to leave Juventude

“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.

Squad13 May 2030

A falling-out at Juventude

Marcos Paulo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad13 May 2030

Words at Juventude training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jefté 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.

In brief

196 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

29 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad29 Apr 2030

The knee: Cristiano Moreira out for 19 days

19 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Juventude lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings29 Apr 2030

Francisco Scarpeccio scores twice — 8.67

Two goals and a mark of 8.67 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad29 Apr 2030

26 days out for Luisinho after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Juventude will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The dugout29 Apr 2030

Lucyo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Juventude may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market29 Apr 2030

Augusto Levrand 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 Juventude, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad29 Apr 2030

Tempers go at Juventude

Marcos Paulo 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.

Match27 Apr 2030

Francisco Scarpeccio the difference as Juventude beat Mirassol

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Francisco Scarpeccio. 2‑1 against Mirassol, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout29 Apr 2030

The manager makes an example of Gustavo Miranda

“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.

Squad29 Apr 2030

Wanderson 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.

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  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Market No place for Lucyo in the plan
  • Market The Marcos Paulo talk will not go away
193 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

8 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad8 Apr 2030

Cristiano Moreira damages knee ligaments — 44 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 44 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match8 Apr 2030

Juventude up to position 2

50 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad8 Apr 2030

Words exchanged at Juventude

Marcos Paulo 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.

Squad8 Apr 2030

Wanderson 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 dugout8 Apr 2030

No hiding place for Thiaguinho

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thiaguinho, and the manager let it.

The dugout8 Apr 2030

Francisco Scarpeccio gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Francisco Scarpeccio is on it.

Squad8 Apr 2030

Gabriel Rocha remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Juventude would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

Market8 Apr 2030

Still no signature from Alan Galeano

4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Juventude could get for him.

The dugout8 Apr 2030

A door opens for Francisco Scarpeccio

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

181 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

14 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Jan 2030

Thiaguinho breaks a bone — 45 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 45 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match14 Jan 2030

Juventude are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 50 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market14 Jan 2030

Raí Ramos has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Juventude they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market14 Jan 2030

Nelson García asks to leave Juventude

“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.

Squad14 Jan 2030

Tempers go at Juventude

Marcos Paulo 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.

Squad14 Jan 2030

Jefté 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.

Transfer targets14 Jan 2030

Door shut on Nicolás Bolcato

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

The dugout14 Jan 2030

No hiding place for Francisco Scarpeccio

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Francisco Scarpeccio, and the manager let it.

The dugout14 Jan 2030

Juventude keep their word to Wanderson

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