The ABC Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
Cruel end for Santa Cruz as ABC pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. ABC scored in the 90th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Wallyson, 37, rolls back the years — 8.21
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.21 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at ABC
Lucas Souza and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sérgio Cunha joins the ABC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Cunha is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lucas Nardo steps up from the ABC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Nardo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
ABC promote Leonardo Araujo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Araujo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
José Araujo steps up from the ABC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Araujo 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
ABC see off Santa Cruz
Three points for ABC, 1‑0 the final word against Santa Cruz in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Edson reaches 200 appearances
200 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.
In brief
- Player ratings Bruno Leite was unplayable
- Squad 17 new faces, and ABC are still learning each other
- The dugout The view from the dugout