The Bragantino Courier
The dugout19 Apr 2032
Fernando keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bragantino may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings19 Apr 2032
A brace, and Thiago Borbas takes the afternoon — 8.68
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Thiago Borbas provided it, and the 8.68 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market19 Apr 2032
Yago is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bragantino is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market19 Apr 2032
Murilo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bragantino can pretend not to have heard.
Match17 Apr 2032
Bragantino make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Bragantino have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad19 Apr 2032
Tempers go at Bragantino
Juan Sforza 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.
Squad19 Apr 2032
Guilherme Batista arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Guilherme Batista has, at Bragantino, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom19 Apr 2032
15 academy graduates step up at Bragantino
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match17 Apr 2032
Bragantino get the job done against América Mineiro
A 3‑1 win over América Mineiro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Antônio Araujo joins the Bragantino first team
- Market Bragantino promote Tite from within
- Squad Yago falls out with a teammate over standards