The Internacional Courier
Squad29 Mar 2027
The step up is real for Denis Marfo
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at Internacional training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guillermo Maripán 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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Rodrigo Villagra gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Diego Ahmed in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Internacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
Bernardo Jacob wants to come home
“I did not go to Itabirito to sit and watch. I want to come back to Internacional and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Paulinho 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 Paulinho is on it.
In brief
- Squad Matheus Bahia has had enough of the bench
- Market The Vitinho story refuses to die
- The dugout Esley knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager comes out for Alexandro Bernabei