The Mirassol Courier
Squad19 Apr 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for José Aldo
19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mirassol lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Eduardo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mirassol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market19 Apr 2027
Victor Luís hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Mirassol can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Apr 2027
6 saves: Walter was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Mirassol
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Lautaro Napolitano 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 Mirassol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Pedro Moura joins the Mirassol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pedro Moura is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2027
Mirassol promote Samuel Alves from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Alves 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Mirassol promote Marcelo Ribeiro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcelo Ribeiro 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.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Mirassol against Atlético Mineiro
- Player ratings Negueba beats them one at a time
- The dugout Thiago Correia answers for it