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121 Edition

The Itabirito Gazette

20 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad20 Nov 2028

Willian Gomes breaks a bone — 20 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 20 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market20 Nov 2028

Airton hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Itabirito can pretend not to have heard.

Squad20 Nov 2028

Gabriel Morbeck out for 47 days

The medical room confirms 47 days on the sidelines for Gabriel Morbeck, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad20 Nov 2028

Nicolas 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 Itabirito this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout20 Nov 2028

The manager makes an example of Denzel

“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.

Squad20 Nov 2028

Words at Itabirito training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Correia 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 dugout20 Nov 2028

Eduardo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Itabirito, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market20 Nov 2028

The Gabriel Morbeck question follows Itabirito around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Gabriel Morbeck’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Match20 Nov 2028

Itabirito have something to play for

Position 6 on 44 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

In brief

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111 Edition

The Itabirito Gazette

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market11 Sep 2028

Koki Matsuzawa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Itabirito can pretend not to have heard.

Market11 Sep 2028

Alexander Cardozo is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Itabirito is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

The dugout11 Sep 2028

Airton: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Itabirito have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Tempers go at Itabirito

Nicolas 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.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Rodrigo Endrio is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.00 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Itabirito know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad11 Sep 2028

A row about effort at Itabirito

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pedro Rodrigues was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom11 Sep 2028

143% of the income goes out in wages at Itabirito

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

The dugout11 Sep 2028

No hiding place for Augusto Galván

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Augusto Galván, and the manager let it.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Piero Camacho is a square peg at Itabirito

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

In brief

89 Edition

The Itabirito Gazette

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad10 Apr 2028

Vinícius Dias breaks a bone — 40 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Boardroom10 Apr 2028

Pressure builds in the Itabirito boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Tempers go at Itabirito

Pedro Rodrigues 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.

Boardroom10 Apr 2028

The numbers do not look good at Itabirito

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Market10 Apr 2028

Talks stall between Itabirito and Luis Campero

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout10 Apr 2028

Vinícius Dias 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.

The dugout10 Apr 2028

No hiding place for Airton

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Airton, and the manager let it.

Market10 Apr 2028

Vinícius Dias linked with a move away

The name of Vinícius Dias keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Itabirito say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces10 Apr 2028

Supporters make their feelings known about Lucca

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Itabirito would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

In brief

77 Edition

The Itabirito Gazette

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom17 Jan 2028

Pressure builds in the Itabirito boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad17 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Itabirito

Pedro Rodrigues 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.

Boardroom17 Jan 2028

Belts tighten at Itabirito

The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.

Transfer targets17 Jan 2028

Botafogo-SP tell Itabirito: Luiz Gustavo is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout17 Jan 2028

Gabriel Morbeck 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.

The dugout17 Jan 2028

The manager makes an example of Koki Matsuzawa

“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.

Market17 Jan 2028

The Gabriel Morbeck talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Itabirito know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market17 Jan 2028

The shop window has Guilherme Givigi in it

Itabirito have let the market know Guilherme Givigi can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad17 Jan 2028

“I want to play”: Airton speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief

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60 Edition

The Itabirito Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad20 Sep 2027

The knee: Benjamín Torres out for 28 days

28 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Itabirito lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match18 Sep 2027

No mercy from Itabirito

Anápolis will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Itabirito were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

A brace, and Gabriel Morbeck takes the afternoon — 8.52

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Gabriel Morbeck provided it, and the 8.52 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad20 Sep 2027

A one-man rearguard from Vinícius Dias

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Lucas Rodrigues, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.51

A mark of 8.51 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad20 Sep 2027

A falling-out at Itabirito

Pedro Rodrigues and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad20 Sep 2027

The step up is real for Airton

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

The terraces20 Sep 2027

The crowd has taken to Lucca

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

Roberto Souza: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 3‑0, already talking about the next one.

In brief