The Goiânia Post
Match17 Apr 2027
Nobody wants to play Goiânia right now
6 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
César Rocha keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Goiânia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
No sign of nerves from Bruno Lopes at 19 — 7.65
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Bruno Lopes did not need any: 7.65, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Goiânia
Gabriel Assis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Goiânia
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Goiânia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tubarão was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces19 Apr 2027
The crowd has taken to Bruno Lopes
At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Tubarão was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Goiânia promote Arthur Bezerra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arthur Bezerra 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.
In brief
- Market Goiânia promote Matheus Martins from within
- Market One of our own: Danilo Bezerra joins the Goiânia first team
- Market Marcelo Peixoto steps up from the Goiânia academy