The Azuriz Chronicle
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Azuriz — 7.72
1 for Filipe Alves, marked 7.72, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Match12 Sep 2026
Azuriz end the wait against São José
It had gone 6 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Squad14 Sep 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.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Marcão
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Xavier gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market14 Sep 2026
Azuriz promote Juninho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juninho 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Azuriz get the job done against São José
A 1‑0 win over São José, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Azuriz pick somebody else ahead of Edú Azañero
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Wesley Cunha kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Lucão
- Squad Emir Basabe still has not settled
- Player ratings Caetano was immovable