The Água Santa Gazette
Squad12 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Nicholas out for 40 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Água Santa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Água Santa
Wesley Dias and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Água Santa lose Júnior Borges
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Michel Bennech gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
When it matters, Nicholas plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Nenê Bonilha faces his old club
Rio Branco next, and one man in the Água Santa dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Antônio Gabriel story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Antônio Gabriel signs something — a contract at Água Santa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Nicholas knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Água Santa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Jota has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Água Santa will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
In brief
- Looking ahead Água Santa host Rio Branco
- The dugout Netinho keeps his manager's vote