The Manaus Chronicle
Squad3 May 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Marlon Yan
20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Manaus lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout3 May 2027
Gabriel Mec says Manaus went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings3 May 2027
Gabriel Mec scores twice — 8.26
Two goals and a mark of 8.26 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad3 May 2027
A falling-out at Manaus
Gabriel Mec and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match1 May 2027
At last: Manaus win one
6 matches without a win, and then this, against Manauara. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Match1 May 2027
Manaus find a way past Manauara
Manauara made Manaus work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces3 May 2027
Manaus supporters have found a favourite in Fabricio Sena
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Fabricio Sena has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad3 May 2027
Ivandro Silva stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivandro Silva and Manaus agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 May 2027
Renan is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Renan has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
In brief
- Market Manaus buy the years ahead of Ivandro Silva
- The dugout A satisfied Rodrygo Ribeiro
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Renato Alves