The Internacional Courier
Match17 Apr 2027
Grêmio take the derby
0‑2, and no way to dress it up. A derby defeat follows a supporter to work on Monday, and this one will follow him all week.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Praxedes: 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.” Internacional have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match17 Apr 2027
The wait goes on for Internacional
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Alexandro Bernabei 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 Internacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Internacional
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Alan Rodríguez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match17 Apr 2027
No clean sheets in sight for Internacional
4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Sergio Rochet
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market19 Apr 2027
Rafael Batista steps up from the Internacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafael Batista 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 Internacional promote Rafael Figueiredo from within
- Market André Cavalcante steps up from the Internacional academy
- Market Internacional promote Rodrygo Ribeiro from within