The Rio Branco Courier
Market9 Nov 2026
Caio Xavier hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rio Branco can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Rio Branco
Sergio Ocampo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Rio Branco training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jeferson Lopes is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Erik Bessa beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market9 Nov 2026
Pantera steps up from the Rio Branco academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pantera 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
One of our own: Renato Machado joins the Rio Branco first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Renato Machado is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match7 Nov 2026
Rio Branco come up short against Mixto
Mixto left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Paulo Assis: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Valdo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Valdo commits to Rio Branco for another 1 years.
In brief
- The dugout Sergio Ocampo knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Rio Branco bring in an old head
- Squad Sergio Ocampo remains an outsider