The Santa Cruz Chronicle
Match8 Aug 2026
Cruel end for ABC as Santa Cruz pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Santa Cruz scored in the 91th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Robinho 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 Santa Cruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
Robinho the difference as Santa Cruz beat ABC
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Robinho. 1‑0 against ABC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Robinho was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.09. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Market10 Aug 2026
Santa Cruz and Quirino are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
Santa Cruz buy the years ahead of Guilherme Rangel
He is 15, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Santa Cruz on Fernando Bezerra
He is 14, and nobody at Santa Cruz signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Santa Cruz on Douglas Silva
He is 14, and nobody at Santa Cruz signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Santa Cruz pick somebody else ahead of Rodrigues
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Squad Robinho named player of the week
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Willian Júnior
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Matheus Régis