The Oeste Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Oeste
0‑1 against Corinthians, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Andrey stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Andrey 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 Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sérgio Raphael 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 dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Lucas Alvim
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Alvim, and the manager let it.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Sérgio Rocha: “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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Andrey 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 Andrey is on it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Oeste and Rodrigo Gallo
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Oeste, another week without a signature from Rodrigo Gallo.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Bryam runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Rodrigo Gallo: “I am not a substitute”
- The dugout No place in the plan for Gabriel
- Looking ahead Oeste travel to Boa