The Santos Chronicle
Match14 Jun 2031
15 unbeaten for Santos
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 15 matches without defeat is a foundation Santos did not have in the autumn.
Squad16 Jun 2031
Zé Ivaldo: 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.” Santos have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Jun 2031
Tempers go at Santos
Bogdan Mitrita 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.
Squad16 Jun 2031
Words at Santos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Benjamín Rollheiser is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings16 Jun 2031
Benjamín Rollheiser runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad16 Jun 2031
No hiding place for Marcelo Ajul
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marcelo Ajul, and the manager let it.
Match14 Jun 2031
Honours even between Santos and Atlético Mineiro
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market16 Jun 2031
The Benjamín Rollheiser talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Santos know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Player ratings16 Jun 2031
Juan Bezerra changes it off the bench
He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Santos had a different afternoon.
In brief
- Market Santos put Alejandro Villarreal up for sale
- Market Douglas Silva leaves for nothing
- Market Vitor Cunha leaves for nothing