The Parana Post
Squad23 Oct 2028
A falling-out at Parana
Igor Cariús and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad23 Oct 2028
A row about effort at Parana
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jorge was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market23 Oct 2028
Caio Queiroz steps up from the Parana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caio Queiroz 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Parana promote André Rocha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. André Rocha 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Wesley Carvalho steps up from the Parana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Wesley Carvalho 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
One of our own: Leonardo Rocha joins the Parana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leonardo Rocha is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad23 Oct 2028
5 new faces, and Parana are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Jorge gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jorge is on it.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Willian José knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Willian José trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Antonio Roble
- Squad Diego Cabrera remains an outsider
- The dugout João Cabral has been promised minutes