The Anápolis Post
Squad16 Apr 2029
Victor Guilherme damages knee ligaments — 141 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 141 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words exchanged at Anápolis
Douglas Souza and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Anápolis
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words at Anápolis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luan Borges 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Dudu joins the Anápolis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dudu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
Anápolis promote Roni from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roni 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Marcelo Viana steps up from the Anápolis academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcelo Viana 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Anápolis promote Fábio Amaral from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fábio Amaral 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.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Douglas Souza
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Anápolis board did not keep
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Anápolis
- The dugout Adriano Klein gets picked when it counts