The Retrô Courier
Match7 Nov 2026
16 matches without a win for Retrô
The run now stands at 16, and the questions being asked around Retrô are no longer polite ones.
Match7 Nov 2026
Retrô taken apart
0‑4 to Caxias, 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Retrô
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Iury was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market9 Nov 2026
Retrô promote Danilo Mendes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Danilo Mendes 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
One of our own: Fernando Peixoto joins the Retrô first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Peixoto is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Alejandro Monsalve
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alejandro Monsalve, and the manager let it.
Boardroom9 Nov 2026
Nobody left the Retrô 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 dugout9 Nov 2026
Daniel Porto faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Daniel Porto after 0‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A long afternoon for Douglas Costa
Beaten 4 times, with 5 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.
In brief
- The dugout Douglas Costa is still paying for one afternoon at Retrô
- Player ratings Fernando Cunha could not find anything
- The dugout No place in the plan for Paulo Assis