The Atlético Mineiro Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
Renan Lodi 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 Atlético Mineiro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Danilo Moura joins the Atlético Mineiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danilo Moura is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Alex Rodrigues joins the Atlético Mineiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alex Rodrigues is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
Alex Alves steps up from the Atlético Mineiro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alex Alves 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Atlético Mineiro promote Luís Xavier from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luís Xavier 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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
When it matters, Mateo Cassierra plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Everson has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Atlético Mineiro that is a harder question to answer.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
A door opens for Igor Gomes
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Patrick asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout Mateo Cassierra keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Word from the training ground: Lyanco