The Juventude Sentinel
The terraces19 Apr 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 10 of the 40 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Bruninho: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juventude have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Juventude
Gabriel Taliari 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 ratings19 Apr 2027
Alisson Safira scored one and made one — 7.98
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.98, and 2 involvements.
Match17 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for Juventude against Palmeiras
3‑4 to Palmeiras, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Match17 Apr 2027
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Juventude and Palmeiras in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Juventude
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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Marcos Paulo
“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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Marcos Paulo
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Market Juventude promote Éder Barbosa from within
- Market Danilo Borges steps up from the Juventude academy
- Market One of our own: Imperador joins the Juventude first team