The ASA Post
Squad31 Aug 2026
Léo keeps ASA in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at ASA
Allef and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and ASA are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Keliton has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at ASA will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Carlos Pereira was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the ASA dressing room was either.
Match29 Aug 2026
Point won or two lost for ASA?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Central? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Market31 Aug 2026
Sammuel linked with a move away
The name of Sammuel keeps appearing in other people's back pages. ASA say nothing, which says plenty.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Sammuel leaves them behind him
Shots: 4. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Igor Ribeiro
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igor Ribeiro, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Felipe Soares
- Player ratings Bruno Araujo runs at them all day
- Player ratings The afternoon ran through Keliton