The Brasil de Pelotas Sentinel
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Vinícius Lopes: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Brasil de Pelotas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market17 Apr 2028
Only the photograph left for Wesley Pacheco
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Wesley Pacheco will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Brasil de Pelotas the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
A new deal for José Nardo
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad17 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Brasil de Pelotas
Francisco Alonso and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Brasil de Pelotas
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.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Danilo Borges joins the Brasil de Pelotas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danilo Borges is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
Brasil de Pelotas promote Éder Araujo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Éder Araujo 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
Malvado steps up from the Brasil de Pelotas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Malvado 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.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
Brasil de Pelotas let a promise lapse
A date was given and it came and went. Nobody upstairs will call it a broken promise, and nobody downstairs will call it anything else for a long time.
In brief
- Player ratings João Mendes was the difference for Brasil de Pelotas
- The dugout José Nardo: “We have to be better”
- The dugout Wesley Barbosa asks for a word with the manager