The Criciúma Gazette
Squad10 May 2027
The knee: Guilherme Mendes out for 39 days
39 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Criciúma lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad10 May 2027
9 saves: Aírton was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Luciano Castán, 37, rolls back the years — 8.07
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.07 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match8 May 2027
No end in sight to Criciúma's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Criciúma has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad10 May 2027
Words at Criciúma training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Romarinho 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 dugout10 May 2027
Thaciano 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.
Squad10 May 2027
Dylan out for 22 days
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Dylan, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch10 May 2027
Kauã counts the days
“I watch every Criciúma game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Hapoel Beer Sheva runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match8 May 2027
Luciano Castán rescues a point for Criciúma
It needed Luciano Castán to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Cruzeiro, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- The dugout Marcinho gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Gabriel Bontempo knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout José Gomes on the point