The Sport Recife Courier
Squad10 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Sport Recife
Matheus Pereira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Loan watch10 Apr 2028
João Nazari wants to come home
“I did not go to Internacional to sit and watch. I want to come back to Sport Recife and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 14 matches say the rest.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Diego Hernández
“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 dugout10 Apr 2028
Sabino 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 Sabino is on it.
Loan watch10 Apr 2028
The goals keep arriving from Ryan Francisco’s exile
7 goals in 8 games at Platense — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Sport Recife updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
Market10 Apr 2028
The Sabino story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Sabino signs something — a contract at Sport Recife or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
The manager makes Ferreirinha a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Sport Recife. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Nicolas knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sport Recife, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Lucyan has settled at Sport Recife
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
In brief
- Squad Good reports on Jonathan Calleri
- Squad Matheus Ferreira back in training