The Horizonte Chronicle
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Luís Mendes at 20 — 7.77
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Luís Mendes did not need any: 7.77, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market28 Sep 2026
Bicho puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Horizonte, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match26 Sep 2026
Horizonte make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Horizonte have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Henrique Lima is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.23 with 17 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Horizonte
Lucas Costa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
Henrique Lima sends Horizonte past Central
It finished 3‑2, and it was Henrique Lima’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Horizonte.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
One of their own: Luís Mendes
He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Lucas Costa was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.37. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Henrique Lima
Marked 8.17 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Squad Éder Mendes falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Júnior Rocha was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- The dugout Éder Mendes gets it from the manager