Marked for Caio Lima
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Squad17 Aug 2026
A day Caio Lima will not forget
5 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match15 Aug 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 13‑0 against Aparecidense, and it could have been more.
Match12 Aug 2026
Goiânia through in the cup
A 2‑0 win over Vila Nova, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Ricardo Ojeda takes the afternoon — 9.14
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ricardo Ojeda provided it, and the 9.14 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Arthur Araujo takes the afternoon — 8.49
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Arthur Araujo provided it, and the 8.49 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Marcelo Freitas, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Daniel Teixeira takes the afternoon — 8.38
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Daniel Teixeira provided it, and the 8.38 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Mágico could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.69
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.69, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Edson Fernando gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Edson Fernando has just signed for Goiânia, and for once the answer mattered.
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Triumph
Match8 Aug 2026
8‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad10 Aug 2026
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Caio Lima, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ricardo Ojeda, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.82
A mark of 7.82 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gabriel Porto and Goiânia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Goiânia
Gabriel Porto and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Caio Lima among the goals in a wild afternoon
9 goals in one match, Caio Lima on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Goiânia and Capital.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Caio Lima
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.78, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Gabriel Porto has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
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The dugout
The manager makes an example of Éder Alves
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Player ratings
Arthur Araujo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
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Fernando Tavares was on a different afternoon to everybody else
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match1 Aug 2026
4‑1, and Arthur Araujo took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Goiânia tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ricardo Ojeda could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.64
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.64, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A brace, and Arthur Araujo takes the afternoon — 8.27
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Arthur Araujo provided it, and the 8.27 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Goiânia
Gabriel Porto 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.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Marcílio Dias will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Pedro das Neves has pre-agreed a move to Goiânia, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
He is 21 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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Renato Martins kept it short after the 4‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Caio Lima
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Gabriel Porto knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Goiânia, and both men came out saying it was fine.