The Iguatu Post
Squad22 Apr 2030
Richard Monges damages knee ligaments — 50 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 50 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad22 Apr 2030
47 days out for Lipe after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Iguatu will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout22 Apr 2030
Gabriel Tonini keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Iguatu may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad22 Apr 2030
Words exchanged at Iguatu
Lipe 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.
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Iguatu
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market22 Apr 2030
Victor Pacheco steps up from the Iguatu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Victor Pacheco 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.
Market22 Apr 2030
Mateus Ribeiro steps up from the Iguatu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mateus Ribeiro 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.
Market22 Apr 2030
One of our own: Antônio Nogueira joins the Iguatu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Antônio Nogueira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Apr 2030
Iguatu promote Renato Oliveira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Renato Oliveira 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
- Match Iguatu see off Tocantinópolis
- Player ratings One of those days for Francisco Villarreal
- Squad Alessio Cano falls out with a teammate over standards