The Grêmio Herald
Match29 May 2027
Still nobody has beaten Grêmio
The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
The dugout31 May 2027
João Borne says Grêmio 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.
Squad31 May 2027
A falling-out at Grêmio
Tetê and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 May 2027
Words at Grêmio training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Ignacio Nardoni 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Benjamin
“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.
Match29 May 2027
Nobody wins at Grêmio
8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad31 May 2027
Adrielson: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Grêmio will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
The dugout31 May 2027
Francis Amuzu gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Francis Amuzu is on it.
Match29 May 2027
Grêmio and America Mineiro take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
In brief
- The dugout Henrique Cunha: “We have to be better”
- Player ratings Francis Amuzu ran the game
- Player ratings Tetê could have had three