The Ituano Sentinel
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Caio Gomes is out at Ituano
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A stranger takes charge at Ituano
The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Interim Coach minds the shop at Ituano
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Interim Coach recited it perfectly.
Market16 Apr 2029
Léo Souza hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ituano can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words exchanged at Ituano
David Duarte 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
6 academy graduates step up at Ituano
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words at Ituano training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Mulazzi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market16 Apr 2029
Daniel Cunha steps up from the Ituano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Cunha 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Ituano promote Henrique Ribeiro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henrique Ribeiro 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: Comandante joins the Ituano first team
- Loan watch Vini Oliveira wants to come home
- The dugout A clean slate for David Duarte