The Itabirito Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Itabirito tear Barra apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Barra, and it could have been more.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Morbeck scores twice — 8.91
Two goals and a mark of 8.91 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Itabirito supporters have found a favourite in Denzel
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Denzel has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market10 Aug 2026
Itabirito promote Eduardo Moreira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduardo Moreira 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
Igor Nogueira steps up from the Itabirito academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Igor Nogueira 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
One of our own: André Porto joins the Itabirito first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. André Porto is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Itabirito promote Marcelo Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcelo Silva 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Eduardo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.09. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Player ratings Denzel did the work nobody counts — 7.75
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Player ratings Luis Campero leaves them behind him