The Sampaio Correa Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
Sampaio Correa taken apart
0‑3 to Criciuma, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Simão Bertelli keeps Sampaio Correa in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Simão Bertelli 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 Sampaio Correa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Bernardo Jacob will join Sampaio Correa for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Bernardo Jacob has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Sampaio Correa have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Sampaio Correa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Simão Bertelli
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Simão Bertelli, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vinícius Porto joins the Sampaio Correa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vinícius Porto 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
Sampaio Correa promote Luiz Peixoto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luiz Peixoto 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
One of our own: Cristiano Soares joins the Sampaio Correa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristiano Soares is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Daniel Assis steps up from the Sampaio Correa academy
- Boardroom Nobody left the Sampaio Correa dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout The view from the dugout