The Sergipe Gazette
Squad19 Apr 2027
Lucas Sotero damages knee ligaments — 66 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 66 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
A brace, and Manuel Bravo takes the afternoon — 8.22
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Manuel Bravo provided it, and the 8.22 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Diego Gaitán, 21, steals the show — 7.68
Marked 7.68 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Fábio Ribeiro signs on for the long haul
Sergipe moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Fábio Ribeiro, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Sergipe
Laércio and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Sergipe
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 terraces19 Apr 2027
One of their own: Manuel Bravo
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match17 Apr 2027
Sergipe get the job done against Tombense
A 2‑0 win over Tombense, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Match17 Apr 2027
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Sergipe. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Roberto Oliveira joins the Sergipe first team
- Market Sergipe promote Arthur Bezerra from within
- Squad Words at Sergipe training over how hard people work