The Cruzeiro Post
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Lucas Romero: 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.” Cruzeiro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match17 Apr 2027
The wait goes on for Cruzeiro
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
A new deal for Rodrigo Souza
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Cruzeiro
Cássio and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Matheus Pereira falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Cruzeiro
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
The manager makes an example of Gérson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match17 Apr 2027
Chico da Costa’s goal not enough for Cruzeiro
Chico da Costa scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Sport Recife, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market19 Apr 2027
Cruzeiro promote Canhoto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Canhoto 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 Cruzeiro promote Márcio Porto from within
- Market Cruzeiro promote Fábio Assis from within
- Market Cruzeiro promote Felipe Neves from within