The Santa Clara Sentinel
Squad26 Nov 2029
A one-man rearguard from Gabriel Batista
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Bruma says Santa Clara 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.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Tempers go at Santa Clara
Gabriel Batista 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.
Match24 Nov 2029
Santa Clara come up short against Benfica
Benfica left with the points after a 3‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Home is on Pharrell Brown's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Santa Clara are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Player ratings26 Nov 2029
Henrique Pereira in the eights
A performance of 8.67 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings26 Nov 2029
A masterclass from Tiago Mamede
Marked 8.54 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings26 Nov 2029
One of those days for Brenner
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.47, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings26 Nov 2029
Nobody could get near Jader
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Market Oleksandr Shevchuk joins Santa Clara on a free
- Market Santa Clara pick up Aaron Potter for nothing
- Market The shop window has Thiago Vecino in it