The Criciuma Gazette
Squad22 Apr 2030
Pablo Barboza damages knee ligaments — 81 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 81 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.
Squad22 Apr 2030
Danielzinho 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 Criciuma this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Criciuma
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad22 Apr 2030
Marcinho 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.
Market22 Apr 2030
Criciuma promote Vitor Martins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vitor Martins 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.
Market22 Apr 2030
Criciuma promote Daniel Rocha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Rocha 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.
Market22 Apr 2030
Luiz Fernandes steps up from the Criciuma academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luiz Fernandes 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.
Market22 Apr 2030
One of our own: Thiago Carvalho joins the Criciuma first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thiago Carvalho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
Criciuma board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Junio Lopes
- Looking ahead A reunion for Danielzinho
- The dugout Thiago Henrique asks for a word with the manager