The Água Santa Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Água Santa
Wesley Dias 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Levi
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Água Santa promote Antônio Moura from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Antônio Moura 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Água Santa promote Jacaré from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacaré 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Água Santa promote Luiz Fonseca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luiz Fonseca 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Guilherme Queiroz steps up from the Água Santa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guilherme Queiroz has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match8 Aug 2026
Goianésia take the points off Água Santa
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Rodrygo Tavares left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Michel Bennech
“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.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Nenê Bonilha
- Squad An aura around Netinho
- Squad Wesley Dias wants to know why he earns less