Anthony Demarco

Central Defender - Mirassol
19 Feb 2029
Monday
Process

Marked for Anthony Demarco

131 Edition

The Mirassol Courier

29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Eduardo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Mirassol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Mirassol

Rodrigues 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.

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The manager makes an example of Reinaldo

“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.

In brief

Back issues
127 Edition

The Mirassol Courier

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mirassol lose Neto Moura

35 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

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Negueba 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 Mirassol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Botafogo take the points off Mirassol

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Reinaldo

“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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from João Victor

Marked 8.61 — 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.

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Defences have started doubling up on João Victor

11 goals and a season average of 7.21 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market

Negueba linked with a move away

The name of Negueba keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Mirassol say nothing, which says plenty.

Player ratings

The one thing Lorran could not do

Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Matheus Araújo

Marked 5.79, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

52 Edition

The Albion Sentinel

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

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Danilo Lerda: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Albion have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Anthony Demarco asks to leave Albion

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Albion

Carlos Airala 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Lucas Rodríguez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.19, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

A bad afternoon for Albion against Montevideo City Torque

1‑2 to Montevideo City Torque, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No hiding place for Agustín Pereira

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

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Agustín Vera

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Francisco Ginella in the eights

A performance of 8.05 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

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Defences have started doubling up on Lucas Rodríguez

7 goals and a season average of 7.33 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

In brief

49 Edition

The Albion Sentinel

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Matías de los Santos puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Albion, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Tomás Moschion

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Enzo Brizuela stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Enzo Brizuela and Albion agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Albion

Santiago Costa 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.

Player ratings

Agustín Vera in the eights

A performance of 9.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Carlos Airala

“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.

Match

Agustín Vera the difference as Albion beat Wanderers

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Agustín Vera. 1‑0 against Wanderers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Francisco Ginella

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Santiago Costa

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 15 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief