The Juventude Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Marcos Paulo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Taliari 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 Juventude this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Alisson Safira
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Vasco da Gama take the points off Juventude
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Marcos Paulo's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Edson Júnior stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Edson Júnior and Juventude agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Alisson Safira leaves them behind him
Shots: 14. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A day to forget for Iba Ly
Marked 5.43, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Taliari is not enjoying his job description
Played out of position, hooked on the hour, asked to be somebody he is not — the details vary and the mood does not. Juventude have a player doing his work under protest.