The Maringá Chronicle
Squad10 Apr 2028
Felipe Saraiva breaks a bone — 120 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 120 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market10 Apr 2028
Charly Silva 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 Maringá can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at Maringá
Paulinho and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Apr 2028
A row about effort at Maringá
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rhuan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Rhuan knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Rhuan trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market10 Apr 2028
Lucas Aruba linked with a move away
The name of Lucas Aruba keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Maringá say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Roberto Pereira 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 Roberto Pereira is on it.
Market10 Apr 2028
The shop window has Lucas Aruba in it
Maringá have let the market know Lucas Aruba can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market10 Apr 2028
Guarani send scouts to watch Marcus Vinicius
Two seats in the directors' box were spoken for, and the name in the notebook was Marcus Vinicius. Nothing has been offered yet.
In brief
- The dugout Matheus Moraes keeps his manager's vote
- Squad The training reports on Carlos van der Ham are not good