The Criciuma Gazette
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Nicolas says Criciuma went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Age has not caught Nicolas yet — 7.87
At 37 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.87 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
1 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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Jhonata Robert
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market19 Apr 2027
Luís Monteiro steps up from the Criciuma academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luís Monteiro 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
Criciuma refuse to lose to Vitória
A point taken on 96 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Criciuma
Cauê and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match17 Apr 2027
Criciuma and Vitória take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Aírton gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Aírton is on it.
In brief
- The dugout Jhonata Robert knocks on the manager's door
- Squad A row about effort at Criciuma
- The dugout Samuel Carvalho on the point