Branquinho

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Marked for Branquinho

23 Edition

The Rio Branco Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad4 Jan 2027

Vinícius Lira 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 Rio Branco this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad4 Jan 2027

A row about effort at Rio Branco

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

Squad4 Jan 2027

A step back for Léo Baiano at Rio Branco

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Rio Branco Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad7 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Rio Branco

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

Squad7 Sep 2026

Jackson is the division's best young player this month

At 19 he has spent a month being better than everybody his age in the league, which is a different and harder thing than one good afternoon. Rio Branco will try very hard not to make too much of it.

Market7 Sep 2026

Rio Branco and Wendel are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Jackson named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Jackson is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A Rio Branco teenager takes the young player award

Jackson is 19, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Branquinho

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

In brief

  • Looking ahead Looking ahead: Boavista at home
  • The dugout The manager plants his flag on Pedro Colina