The Parana Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nathan runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luis Salazar 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 Parana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Douglas Grolli 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Guilherme Moura will join Parana for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Guilherme Moura has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Parana have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market10 Aug 2026
Caio Rodrigues steps up from the Parana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caio Rodrigues 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
One of our own: Rafael Moreira joins the Parana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rafael Moreira 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
One of our own: Gato joins the Parana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gato 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
Parana promote Sérgio Guimarães from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sérgio Guimarães 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Parana
16 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Squad Gabriel Pfeifer dropped after a run of poor form
- Match Point won or two lost for Parana?
- Player ratings João Ferreira spends the afternoon fouling