The Cascavel Gazette
Market12 Feb 2029
Lautaro César is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cascavel is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Cascavel
Waldson 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.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
No hiding place for Alípio
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alípio, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Wictor Gabriel gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Wictor Gabriel is on it.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Vinicius knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cascavel, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market12 Feb 2029
Caio Emerson linked with a move away
The name of Caio Emerson keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cascavel say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Squad Juan Pablo Curvino takes up the language
- The dugout The manager comes out for Juan Pablo Curvino
- Squad Word from the training ground: Juan Pablo Curvino
- Squad Sérgio Xavier is out on the grass again