Daniel Borges

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245 Edition

The Independência Herald

7 Apr 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Apr 2031

A knee injury of the worst kind for Guilherme Vieira

113 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Independência lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad7 Apr 2031

Juan 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 Independência this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom7 Apr 2031

$260.5K from the owner keeps Independência afloat

The gap in the accounts was filled from upstairs again. Supporters are entitled to be grateful and to ask what happens the month it is not, and both feelings arrive together.

Squad7 Apr 2031

A row about effort at Independência

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Júnior Saudade was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom7 Apr 2031

129% of the income goes out in wages at Independência

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

The dugout7 Apr 2031

No hiding place for Daniel Borges

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Borges, and the manager let it.

Market7 Apr 2031

Juan linked with a move away

The name of Juan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Independência say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout7 Apr 2031

Leonardo Santos asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Match7 Apr 2031

Independência have something to play for

Position 5 on 50 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

In brief

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The Independência Herald

13 Jan 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market13 Jan 2031

Osman Konlanbig has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Independência they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market13 Jan 2031

Alex Neves 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 Independência can pretend not to have heard.

Squad13 Jan 2031

A falling-out at Independência

Júnior Saudade and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad13 Jan 2031

Eliandro falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Boardroom13 Jan 2031

140% of the income goes out in wages at Independência

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Market13 Jan 2031

One of our own: Eduardo Farias joins the Independência first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Farias is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market13 Jan 2031

Independência promote Márcio Costa from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Márcio Costa 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.

The dugout13 Jan 2031

The manager makes an example of Daniel Borges

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match13 Jan 2031

Continental football is in reach for Independência

50 points from position 5. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.

In brief

  • The dugout Jose Narr asks for a word with the manager
  • The dugout The manager plants his flag on Destro