The Criciuma Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
A fracture rules Fellipe Mateus out for 105 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Criciuma will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Fellipe Mateus keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Criciuma may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Criciuma
Bruno Alves and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market12 Apr 2027
Marcinho wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Criciuma training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Romarinho 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 dugout12 Apr 2027
Bruno Alves 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 Criciuma, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for César Martins
- The dugout The manager comes out for Rómulo Otero
- Squad The training reports on Viny are not good
- Boardroom The Criciuma board put their names to it