The Cruzeiro Post
Squad29 Mar 2027
Cássio 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 Cruzeiro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The step up is real for Siviwe Magidigidi
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad29 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Cruzeiro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matheus Pereira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market29 Mar 2027
Cruzeiro promote Paulo Queiroz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paulo Queiroz 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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Felipe Porto steps up from the Cruzeiro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felipe Porto 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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Rodrigo Teixeira steps up from the Cruzeiro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodrigo Teixeira 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.
Market29 Mar 2027
One of our own: André Santos joins the Cruzeiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. André Santos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
Tevis has seen enough of Boavista
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Cruzeiro, and 0 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Cássio gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Cássio is on it.
In brief
- The dugout Wesley has been promised minutes
- Squad Lucas Barbosa finally belongs at Cruzeiro
- The dugout Matheus Henrique keeps his manager's vote