The São José Sentinel
Squad14 Feb 2028
Tempers go at São José
Maximiliano Rogoski was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
The manager has not finished forgetting Dedé's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Market14 Feb 2028
The Maximiliano Rogoski talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. São José know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
The manager makes Zé Oliveira a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at São José. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A season on the outside for Cristian Ospina
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at São José has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Lucas Batista knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Lucas Batista trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Lessons booked for Facundo Filinich at São José
- Squad Jhonatan Almeida is not doing himself any favours
- Match Mid-table, and São José know it
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Perninha