The Ponte Preta Post
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Diego Tavares beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ponte Preta say no — this time
The offer from Persebaya for Vinícius Ferrari was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ponte Preta
Bryan Borges and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match29 Aug 2026
Ponte Preta come up short against Ituano
Ituano left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Ponte Preta
11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Rodrygo Araujo: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Anderson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Thiago Coelho gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Rodrigo Saravia
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Ponte Preta has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- The dugout David Braz does not fit this one
- The dugout The manager makes Vinícius Ferrari a promise
- Market The Danilo Barcelos story refuses to die