The Lagarto Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Lagarto taken apart
2‑8 to Barcelona de Ilhéus, 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
10 goals as Lagarto and Barcelona de Ilhéus go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 10 goals between Lagarto and Barcelona de Ilhéus, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lagarto promote Ilusionista from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ilusionista 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Éder Bezerra joins the Lagarto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Éder Bezerra is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rafael Correia steps up from the Lagarto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafael Correia 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
Lucas Ribeiro steps up from the Lagarto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Ribeiro 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Costly mistake from Éder Neves
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Éder Neves knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 2‑8 defeat, delivered by João Oliveira to a room that had heard them before.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ilusionista makes his debut at 14
At 14 years old, Ilusionista became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
- Squad The first one for Lucas Ribeiro
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: América de Natal at home