The Central Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
16 saves: Victor Tavares was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 16 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad17 Aug 2026
6 goals for Rolo
The match ball belongs to Rolo, whose 6 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Match15 Aug 2026
Central run riot against Sergipe
15‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Eduardo Teixeira takes the match ball home
4 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Central
2‑3 against Volta Redonda, 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
3 goals for Rodrigo Alves
The match ball belongs to Rodrigo Alves, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Bruno Tavares scores twice — 8.38
Two goals and a mark of 8.38 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market17 Aug 2026
Danilo Xavier says no to Sabail
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Danilo Xavier had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Chefe, 19, steals the show — 8.16
Marked 8.16 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
In brief
- Player ratings Rolo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Match Nobody could stop scoring
- Player ratings Rodrigo Alves in the eights