The Flamengo Herald
Match12 Apr 2027
Flamengo are top
56 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Flamengo
Jorginho was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Lucas Paquetá has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Flamengo will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Andrew wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Flamengo will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Andrew 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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
A door opens for Evertton Araújo
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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Lucas Paquetá linked with a move away
The name of Lucas Paquetá keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Flamengo say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch12 Apr 2027
Zamora cannot leave Wallace Yan out
12 starts and an average of 6.77. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Word from the training ground: Agustín Rossi
The sharpest man in every session this week, by all accounts. Lines like this run the week before somebody’s run in the side begins.
In brief
- The dugout Ayrton Lucas keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Branquinho is out on the grass again
- Loan watch Luiz Araújo cannot get a game at Mirassol