The Criciúma Gazette
Match17 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten Criciúma
The unbeaten run reaches 13. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market19 Apr 2027
Jean Irmer asks to leave Criciúma
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Rafael Juwer says Criciúma went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match17 Apr 2027
The run at home goes on for Criciúma
11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Criciúma
Felipe Jonatan 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Criciúma
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Willean Lepo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market19 Apr 2027
Criciúma promote Carioca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carioca 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Diego Xavier steps up from the Criciúma academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Xavier 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.
In brief
- Market Danilo Carvalho steps up from the Criciúma academy
- The dugout Jhonata Robert knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Words at Criciúma training over how hard people work