The Marcílio Dias Chronicle
Match17 Apr 2027
Marcílio Dias taken apart
0‑3 to Joinville, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad19 Apr 2027
6 saves: Matheus Cavichioli was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Davi Schwenck says Marcílio Dias 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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Ruan Pablo 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 Marcílio Dias this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Marcílio Dias
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.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Matheus Cavichioli
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matheus Cavichioli, and the manager let it.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Juninho joins the Marcílio Dias first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juninho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2027
Marcílio Dias promote Thiago Correia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Correia 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Doors closed at Marcílio Dias
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Guilherme Ribeiro answers for it
- Boardroom Marcílio Dias say no to the training-ground money
- Squad A row about effort at Marcílio Dias