The Itabirito Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Itabirito tear Barra apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 7‑0 against Barra, and it could have been more.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A day Luis Campero will not forget
4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Serginho scores twice — 8.05
Two goals and a mark of 8.05 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Eduardo beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Itabirito
Ruan 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Itabirito and Barra in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Luis Campero
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.61, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Itabirito agree a free transfer for Saymon
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Danilo Lima joins the Itabirito first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danilo Lima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
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