The Confiança Herald
Squad16 Apr 2029
Rafael Martins damages knee ligaments — 34 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 34 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad16 Apr 2029
15 days out for Ítalo Melo after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Confiança will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad16 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Confiança
Rafael Martins and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Confiança
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Ramon Riquelme 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Wesley Tavares steps up from the Confiança academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Wesley Tavares 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
Confiança promote Danilo Neves from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Danilo Neves 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Daniel Braga steps up from the Confiança academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Braga 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
One of our own: Leonardo Freitas joins the Confiança first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leonardo Freitas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Confiança
- The dugout When it matters, Camargo plays
- The terraces The Caio Wesley rumours reach the terraces