The Brasil de Pelotas Sentinel
Market19 Apr 2027
Enzo Bianchi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Brasil de Pelotas can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
André Machado says Brasil de Pelotas went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Brasil de Pelotas
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Samuel Neves 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 Brasil de Pelotas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market19 Apr 2027
José Araujo steps up from the Brasil de Pelotas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Araujo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Apr 2027
Brasil de Pelotas promote Samuel Machado from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Machado has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Éder Soares joins the Brasil de Pelotas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Éder Soares is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tite out for 21 days
The medical room confirms 21 days on the sidelines for Tite, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Bruno Tavares stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bruno Tavares and Brasil de Pelotas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Player ratings César Moura runs at them all day
- Player ratings Victor Freitas takes the honours
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Antônio Correia's mistake