The Bahia Courier
Match17 Apr 2027
Bahia tear Santa Cruz apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Santa Cruz, and it could have been more.
Market19 Apr 2027
Willian José puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bahia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Caio Figueiredo breaks a bone — 40 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Rodrigo Nestor: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bahia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
A brace, and Rodrigo Nestor takes the afternoon — 8.28
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Rodrigo Nestor provided it, and the 8.28 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Bahia
Jean Lucas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Bahia
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.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Igor Assis joins the Bahia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Igor Assis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2027
Rodrygo Figueiredo steps up from the Bahia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodrygo Figueiredo 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 One of our own: Leonardo Rodrigues joins the Bahia first team
- Squad A row about effort at Bahia
- Player ratings A masterclass from Erick Pulga