The Fortaleza Sentinel
The terraces19 Apr 2027
Supporters organise against the Fortaleza board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
The caretaker keeps it: Thiago Santos confirmed
A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.
Match17 Apr 2027
A hiding for Fortaleza
Beaten 0‑3 by São Paulo, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market19 Apr 2027
Luiz Fernando asks to leave Fortaleza
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Lucas Sasha: 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.” Fortaleza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Luiz Fernando
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market19 Apr 2027
Wanderson has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Fortaleza can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Fortaleza
Wanderson 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Fortaleza
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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thiago Xavier joins the Fortaleza first team
- Market Cristiano Fernandes steps up from the Fortaleza academy
- Boardroom Doors closed at Fortaleza