The Novorizontino Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Pedro Balotelli turns PSM down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Novorizontino
Patrick 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dantas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dantas and Novorizontino agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Novorizontino
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luís Oyama was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Paulo Souza steps up from the Novorizontino academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paulo Souza 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Guilherme Oliveira steps up from the Novorizontino academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guilherme Oliveira 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: André Lopes joins the Novorizontino first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. André Lopes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match4 Aug 2026
Carlão sends Novorizontino past Amazonas
It finished 1‑0, and it was Carlão’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Novorizontino.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Luís Oyama was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.02. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Player ratings Hélio Borges stands above it all
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Léo Naldi's mistake
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Carlão