The Itabaiana Chronicle
Match7 Nov 2026
The wait goes on for Itabaiana
17 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad9 Nov 2026
6 saves: Marcelo Carné 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
4 matches without a goal for Itabaiana
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Octávio Silva 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 Itabaiana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Itabaiana
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Daniel Aguilar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match7 Nov 2026
Itabaiana come up short against Londrina
Londrina left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market9 Nov 2026
Danilo Lima steps up from the Itabaiana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Danilo Lima 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
João Santos: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Market9 Nov 2026
The Wendel story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Wendel signs something — a contract at Itabaiana or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Vinícius Cunha does not fit this one
- Squad Vinicius has company in his position
- Player ratings Daniel Aguilar beats them one at a time