The Sampaio Correa Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sampaio Correa
Leandro Carvalho and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Bernardo Jacob will join Sampaio Correa for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Bernardo Jacob has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Sampaio Correa have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Diego Santos joins the Sampaio Correa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Santos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pedro Farias joins the Sampaio Correa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pedro Farias is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel Fernandes steps up from the Sampaio Correa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Fernandes 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alex Guimarães joins the Sampaio Correa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alex Guimarães is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Sampaio Correa come up short against Criciuma
Criciuma left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Leandro Carvalho behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Sampaio Correa will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Tiago Soares left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- Player ratings Leandro Carvalho was unplayable
- Squad A first senior shirt for Craque
- The dugout Clebson left out for tactical reasons at Sampaio Correa