Willian Lima

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Caxias U18
12 Feb 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Willian Lima

4 Edition

The Caxias Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

12 saves: Igo Gabriel was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match

Chastening afternoon for Caxias

A 0‑5 beating by Náutico was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Match

Caxias taken apart

0‑5 to ABC, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 9 of the 21 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Market

Willian Lima puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Caxias, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

3 matches without a goal for Caxias

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Match

No clean sheets in sight for Caxias

4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Squad

Léo Andrade needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Caxias know which stage they are at.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Caxias

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

  • Market Still no ink between Caxias and Léo Andrade
  • The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Calyson's mistake
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
Back issues
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The Caxias Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

A brace, and Calyson takes the afternoon — 8.93

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Calyson provided it, and the 8.93 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

Henrique Souza could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.24

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.24, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Player ratings

A chastening introduction for Sérgio Guimarães — 4.05

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 4.05 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Player ratings

Roberto, 35, rolls back the years — 7.96

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.96 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Boardroom

Caxias beat the market to Lucas Souza from Atlético Mineiro

Atlético Mineiro will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Lucas Souza has pre-agreed a move to Caxias, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Sérgio Guimarães

At 16 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.

Match

Calyson the difference as Caxias beat Brusque

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Calyson. 2‑0 against Brusque, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market

Willian Rangel steps up from the Caxias academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Willian Rangel 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.

Market

Caxias promote Thiago Moreira from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Moreira 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