The Internacional Courier
Squad19 Apr 2027
Alexandro Bernabei 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 Internacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Internacional
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
Alan Rodríguez 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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Johan Carbonero
“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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Internacional promote Lucas Braga from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Braga 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Zico joins the Internacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Zico 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
One of our own: Fernando Lima joins the Internacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Lima 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
Leonardo Silva steps up from the Internacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Silva 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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
The afternoon belonged to Paulinho
7.62, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Internacional had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- Squad Vitinho has become a man the manager trusts
- Match Honours even between Internacional and Grêmio
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Alexandro Bernabei