The Azuriz Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
Xavier keeps Azuriz in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Azuriz's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Azuriz has to find a result from somewhere.
Match22 Aug 2026
Azuriz come up short against Cianorte
Cianorte left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Wesley Cunha faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Wesley Cunha after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Azuriz are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Éder Bezerra signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Éder Bezerra and Azuriz agree another 3 years.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Xavier falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Azuriz
Everton Dias arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market24 Aug 2026
Lucão brings the grey hairs Azuriz lacked
At 35, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
In brief
- Player ratings Marcão beats them one at a time
- Player ratings The afternoon ran through Rodrygo Cunha
- The dugout No place in the plan for Paulo Pacheco