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19 Nov 2026
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Marked for Ball

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The Sampaio Corrêa Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Words at Sampaio Corrêa training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrés Galetto 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Sampaio Corrêa

Peu 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Luan Borges

“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.

The dugout

When it matters, Peu 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.

Market

Lucas Taylor linked with a move away

The name of Lucas Taylor keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sampaio Corrêa say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

Ball 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.

Squad

Karim Jurjo remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Sampaio Corrêa would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

The dugout

A door opens for Jackson

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market

Sampaio Corrêa put Pedro Emanuel up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Pedro Emanuel may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

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The Sampaio Corrêa Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

6 goals for Adriano Rodrigues

The match ball belongs to Adriano Rodrigues, whose 6 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Match

Sampaio Corrêa run riot against Manaus

11‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings

Adriano Rodrigues, 21, steals the show — 9.99

Marked 9.99 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad

3 goals for Gustavo Furtado

The match ball belongs to Gustavo Furtado, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Squad

A move Everton would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Everton is living that version at Sampaio Corrêa, and it tends to show in the first month.

Player ratings

Ball goes up and wins it — 7.97

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.97 for the rest of it.

Squad

Everton stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Everton and Sampaio Corrêa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

11 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Sampaio Corrêa and Manaus in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Player ratings

Gustavo Furtado was on a different afternoon to everybody else

9.65. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief