The GAS Courier
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Márcio Freitas says GAS went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match17 Apr 2027
Nobody wants to play GAS right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Wang Pengbo gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Wang Pengbo has just signed for GAS, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at GAS
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
A falling-out at GAS
Rodriguinho and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces19 Apr 2027
GAS supporters have found a favourite in César Assis
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. César Assis has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match17 Apr 2027
César Assis sends GAS past Confiança
It finished 2‑0, and it was César Assis’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to GAS.
Market19 Apr 2027
GAS promote Pedro Batista from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pedro Batista 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
Éder Souza steps up from the GAS academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Éder Souza has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Daniel Pacheco steps up from the GAS academy
- Market Luís Farias steps up from the GAS academy
- Match The run at home goes on for GAS