The Porto Velho Herald
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Douglas Fonseca is out at Porto Velho
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
The terraces16 Apr 2029
Supporters organise against the Porto Velho board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Daniel Figueiredo steps up at Porto Velho for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Ramom in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Porto Velho this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Porto Velho
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
Rodrygo Viana 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
Magrão steps up from the Porto Velho academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Magrão 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
Porto Velho promote Monarca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Monarca 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
Lucas Borges steps up from the Porto Velho academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Borges 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.
In brief
- Market Pedro Araujo steps up from the Porto Velho academy
- Boardroom Porto Velho pay $2.0K to end Douglas Fonseca's contract
- The dugout A clean slate for Douglas