The Vila Nova Courier
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vila Nova
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The step up is real for Nathan Camargo
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Rodrigo Fonseca 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 Vila Nova this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Weverton
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Weverton, and the manager let it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at Vila Nova training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yan Souto 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 dugout29 Mar 2027
Sorriso has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Vila Nova will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- The dugout Yan Souto knocks on the manager's door
- Market The Anderson Jesus story refuses to die
- Squad Welcome back, Éder Ribeiro