The Paysandu Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Edílson Júnior runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
JP Galvão 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 Paysandu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Pablo will join Paysandu for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Pablo has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Paysandu have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Match8 Aug 2026
Darlan Mendes sends Paysandu past Boa
It finished 2‑1, and it was Darlan Mendes’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Paysandu.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Arthur Santos joins the Paysandu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arthur 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: Sérgio Rangel joins the Paysandu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Rangel 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
Renato Farias steps up from the Paysandu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Renato Farias 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
Paysandu promote Vitor Batista from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vitor Batista 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Matheus Vargas in the eights
A performance of 8.05 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Darlan Mendes
- Player ratings A masterclass from Márcio Júnior
- Squad The formation has left Darlan Mendes behind