The Azuriz Chronicle
Squad21 Sep 2026
The knee: Agenor out for 144 days
144 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Azuriz lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Azuriz
Xavier and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Caetano stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.54 on the card, and the Azuriz support went home talking about one name.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Xavier was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: Lucas Mendes on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Azuriz
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcos Soares was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match19 Sep 2026
Azuriz draw a blank against Uberlândia
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Uberlândia defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A first team debut at 14 for Daniel Ribeiro
Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 14. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
No place in the plan for Caio Xavier
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- The dugout Rafael Borges knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Guarany de Bagé at home
- The dugout The manager comes out for Caetano