Supporters organise against the Pouso Alegre 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.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Pouso Alegre and Capital, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
5 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Nobody left the Pouso Alegre dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑6, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Guga has come out of that comparison in the side, and Pouso Alegre have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
A 0‑7 beating by Água Santa was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match22 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Pouso Alegre and Água Santa in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
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.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Renato Assis knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Marcelo Alves after 0‑7, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Guga and Pouso Alegre agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Renato Assis is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Marked 5.55. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
São Bernardo go through and Pouso Alegre go home, 0‑7 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The stands have turned
“Enough is enough. We have watched this for months.” 8 of the 15 senior players walked off to it, and the message was not aimed at any one of them.
0-7, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.
Match15 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Pouso Alegre and Portuguesa in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match12 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Pouso Alegre and São Bernardo in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Pouso Alegre dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Marcelo Alves after 0‑7, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
SquadBruno Rangel, 14, is the weekend’s best young player
4 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 8.16 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 14-year-old it feels ownership of. Marcos Peixoto has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guga 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.
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristiano 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.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Renato Assis 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.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matheus Cavalcante 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.
24 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
In brief
Player ratingsGabriel Gomes ran the middle of the pitch — 6.49