The Brasil de Pelotas Sentinel
Market21 Sep 2026
Samuel Neves asks to leave Brasil de Pelotas
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Brasil de Pelotas
Marcos Correia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Diego Viana
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to César Moura
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match19 Sep 2026
Brasil de Pelotas get the job done against Barra
A 1‑0 win over Barra, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to César Moura
A mark of 7.79, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout21 Sep 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.” Marcos Araujo kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
Squad21 Sep 2026
No place for Cebolinha in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Brasil de Pelotas are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Risadinha gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- The dugout Samuel Neves asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Rafael Cunha dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad César Moura finally opens his account