The Palmeiras Chronicle
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Paulinho runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 52. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Sep 2026
A derby to forget for Palmeiras
Beaten 1‑2 by Corinthians in the one fixture where losing is not allowed. The football was bad enough; the week ahead will be worse.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Palmeiras — 7.81
1 for Marlon Freitas, marked 7.81, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Luis Arthur signs for Boa while still at Palmeiras
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Luis Arthur has agreed terms with Boa for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Palmeiras
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gustavo Gómez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Palmeiras
Emiliano Martínez 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A muscle injury and 18 days out for Marcelo Lomba
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Palmeiras will quote 18 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Daniel Braga: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Carlos Miguel
“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
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Palmeiras
- The dugout Palmeiras pick somebody else ahead of Bruno Fuchs
- The dugout Marlon Freitas has become a man the manager trusts