The América Mineiro Post
Match8 Aug 2026
América Mineiro strike at the death to beat Botafogo-SP
There were 85 minutes on the clock and Botafogo-SP had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and América Mineiro did not stop to explain themselves.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Gonzalo Mastriani takes the afternoon — 8.48
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Gonzalo Mastriani provided it, and the 8.48 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lautaro Ferreira gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Lautaro Ferreira has just signed for América Mineiro, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
América Mineiro to lose Yago Santos for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Yago Santos has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yago Santos has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around América Mineiro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Mastriani in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at América Mineiro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match4 Aug 2026
América Mineiro get the job done against Atlético Goianiense
A 2‑1 win over Atlético Goianiense, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Héber was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Matheus Guimarães joins the América Mineiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matheus Guimarães is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market André Viana steps up from the América Mineiro academy
- Market Igor Santos steps up from the América Mineiro academy
- Match Gonzalo Mastriani sends América Mineiro past Botafogo-SP