The Monte Azul Herald
Squad14 Feb 2028
Gui Sales 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 Monte Azul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words at Monte Azul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Geovane Maranhão is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch14 Feb 2028
Yuri Farrapo has seen enough of Águia de Marabá
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Monte Azul, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Rian Felipe knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Rian Felipe trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
The manager has not finished forgetting Zuconelli's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Market14 Feb 2028
The Matheus Santana story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Matheus Santana signs something — a contract at Monte Azul or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market The clock does Leandro Sobral’s negotiating for him
- Boardroom The Monte Azul production line keeps running
- The dugout The manager comes out for Massaia
- Squad Caio Monteiro is out on the grass again