The Fluminense Post
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Jefferson Savarino
Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Age has not caught Hulk yet — 7.88
At 40 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.88 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Fluminense
Martinelli 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
Whatever happens, Fluminense do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Fluminense
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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Guilherme Arana falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Daniel Soares joins the Fluminense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Soares is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2027
Lucas Ribeiro steps up from the Fluminense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Ribeiro 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Marcos Neves joins the Fluminense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcos Neves is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Igor Freitas joins the Fluminense first team
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Luciano Acosta
- Match Fluminense share the spoils with Palmeiras