The Criciúma Gazette
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Waguininho scores twice — 8.49
Two goals and a mark of 8.49 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Fellipe Mateus: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Criciúma have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match17 Apr 2027
The run at home goes on for Criciúma
11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Criciúma
Yuri Tanque was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Willean Lepo ran the middle of the pitch — 7.22
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 15 combined actions and a mark of 7.22, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Criciúma
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.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Lautaro Rivero 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Maestro steps up from the Criciúma academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maestro 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
Criciúma promote Douglas Carvalho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Douglas Carvalho 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.
In brief
- Market Criciúma promote Arthur Oliveira from within
- Market One of our own: João Moreira joins the Criciúma first team
- Squad Sandry reaches 100 appearances