The Criciúma Gazette
Boardroom21 Apr 2031
Rafael Figueiredo is out at Criciúma
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
The dugout21 Apr 2031
Dudu says Criciúma went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom21 Apr 2031
A stranger takes charge at Criciúma
The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.
Boardroom21 Apr 2031
Interim Coach steps up at Criciúma for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Market21 Apr 2031
Fellipe Vieira Cardoso hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Criciúma can pretend not to have heard.
Match19 Apr 2031
At last: Criciúma win one
9 matches without a win, and then this, against Novorizontino. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Market21 Apr 2031
Criciúma may not be able to give Juan José González what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Juan José González wants continental football; whether Criciúma can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad21 Apr 2031
Yuri Tanque 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 Criciúma this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom21 Apr 2031
12 academy graduates step up at Criciúma
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.
In brief
- Squad Dudu falls out with a teammate over standards
- The terraces One of their own: Juan José González
- Market One of our own: Caio Rocha joins the Criciúma first team