Lucca

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Marked for Lucca

16 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match16 Nov 2026

Every point is an argument now for Juventude

Position 19 and 14 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market16 Nov 2026

Davi Góes hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Juventude can pretend not to have heard.

Squad16 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Juventude

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

Squad16 Nov 2026

Cristiano Fonseca out for 35 days

The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Cristiano Fonseca, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Alan Kardec has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Juventude 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.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Lucca

“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.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Diogo Barbosa goes back to face Vasco da Gama

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Diogo Barbosa’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Juventude needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Market16 Nov 2026

The Marcos Paulo question follows Juventude around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Marcos Paulo’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager makes Gustavo Silva a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Juventude. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

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12 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Oct 2026

Juventude are in real trouble now

Position 19, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Raí 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.

Match17 Oct 2026

4 matches without a win for Juventude

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Juventude are no longer polite ones.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Lucca is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match17 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Juventude against Flamengo

0‑2 to Flamengo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Juventude

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

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Alex Queiroz answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

When it matters, Alan Kardec plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Looking ahead19 Oct 2026

Luiz Mandaca goes back to face Corinthians

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Luiz Mandaca’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Juventude needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

8 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market21 Sep 2026

Gabriel Taliari 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.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Lucca at Juventude

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Lucca is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Juventude

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

Match19 Sep 2026

Marcos Paulo sends Juventude past Santos

It finished 1‑0, and it was Marcos Paulo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Juventude.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Gustavo Silva

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

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Marcos Paulo takes the honours

Marked 7.64 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Juventude had the best player on the pitch.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

A satisfied Alex Queiroz

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Alex Queiroz could afford to be generous.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Gabriel Taliari 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.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Alan Kardec 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 Alan Kardec is on it.

In brief

7 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match9 Sep 2026

Pablo Roberto sends Juventude through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Pablo Roberto obliged against Bragantino. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Juventude.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A one-man rearguard from Jandrei

There were 9 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Juventude

Gabriel Taliari 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.

Match12 Sep 2026

A bad afternoon for Juventude against São Paulo

0‑2 to São Paulo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

A masterclass from Pablo Roberto

Marked 8.12 — 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.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Alex Queiroz answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Jandrei 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 Jandrei is on it.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Luiz Mandaca 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 Juventude, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Lucca

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

In brief