The Maricá Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Maricá tear Rio Branco apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 6‑0 against Rio Branco, and it could have been more.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matheus Alessandro takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Rafael Forster yet — 8.23
At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.23 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Maricá — 7.28
1 for Marcelo, marked 7.28, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Maricá
Pablo Thomaz and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match8 Aug 2026
6 goals as Maricá and Rio Branco go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Maricá and Rio Branco, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sérgio Rocha steps up from the Maricá academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sérgio Rocha 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Juninho steps up from the Maricá academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juninho 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maricá promote Fábio Queiroz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fábio Queiroz 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Rafael Oliveira joins the Maricá first team
- Player ratings Café was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Player ratings Matheus Alessandro in the eights