The Nova Iguaçu Courier
The dugout19 Apr 2032
Emilio Troncoso says Nova Iguaçu 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 2032
Both of them Emilio Troncoso's — 8.36
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.36, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match17 Apr 2032
Nobody wants to play Nova Iguaçu right now
5 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Boardroom19 Apr 2032
Nova Iguaçu tie Willian Rodrigues down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad19 Apr 2032
Bill 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 Nova Iguaçu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Apr 2032
Graduation day at Nova Iguaçu
12 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match17 Apr 2032
Nova Iguaçu get the job done against Aparecidense
A 3‑1 win over Aparecidense, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad19 Apr 2032
Hugo Martins 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.
Market19 Apr 2032
Nova Iguaçu promote Mateus Moreira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateus Moreira 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Tanque joins the Nova Iguaçu first team
- Market Mateus Porto steps up from the Nova Iguaçu academy
- Market Pedro Ribeiro steps up from the Nova Iguaçu academy