The America Mineiro Post
Squad13 Sep 2027
Gonzalo Mastriani is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.34 with 20 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Gonzalo Mastriani, 34, rolls back the years — 7.81
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.81 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Tempers go at America Mineiro
Gonzalo Mastriani 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
America Mineiro lose Danilo Souza
37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
100 appearances for Matías Segovia
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Felipe Amaral was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. 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.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Ronald
“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.
Match11 Sep 2027
Gonzalo Mastriani rescues a point for America Mineiro
It needed Gonzalo Mastriani to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Fluminense, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
Half-satisfied: Victor Fonseca on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.