The Sousa Post
Match12 Sep 2026
A hiding for Sousa
Beaten 0‑3 by Juazeirense, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Sousa
Juan Soto was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Juan Fernando Garro
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Fernando Garro, and the manager let it.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Diego Lopes joins the Sousa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Lopes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Sep 2026
This league is too small for Valentín Viola
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Sousa will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The formation has left Matheus Menezes behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Sousa will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Doors closed at Sousa
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Eduardo Farias faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Eduardo Farias after 0‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Fernando Guillén stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fernando Guillén and Sousa agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Market Sousa buy the years ahead of Matheus Menezes
- The dugout Allan Dias asks for a word with the manager
- Market Sousa bring in an old head